obtained copiee of the ships~ mmnifests, stowage plans, etc., ●nd then traveled by ●ir to ~iwetok. In this ~ rmer, he waa thoroughly familiar with all carpy loaded, and in ● Island Conwmnder, Mwetok position to render asaistance to the in discharge of the vessels. This system is recommended for future operations. All target dates for unloading of vessels were met due to the efficiamcy,and industry of Ar~ and directly concerned with diacharge operation. Navy persomel U. ●n Eurly planning for discharge operations emphasized obtaining adequate number of boata for uae as lighterage. LCTtsand LCMla are the nucleus for discherge operations in the atream. They were au~nted of carm. by DUKWa, LCVP~s and LVT?S which are usefti for so- types The boats originally placed in the boat pool for lightemge consisted of what was ●vailable rather thn what was desired, and ccnaiated of 16 LCM~8, 15 LCVPls, 2 LCT(5)*a, and 6 DUKUto. This was with ●dditional LCMIa and LCT~s. later au~nted 42. At Kwajalein, the dischargeproblemwas not ao grut inaamch as an establishedport waa in operation. Port troops were ●u-ted a platoon of an Army Port Company fnm the U. S. by This unit waa sent out by air prior to the time when large shipamnts arrived. In ●ddition, the peak unloading pariod at Eniwetok had passed by the time Kwajaleln was reacMng its peak. All port troops were placed under operational control of TG 7.2 (Ieland Coaanander,mwetok ) and he shuttled tlnn back and forth to meet shifting requirernnta. 43. Long Tona During per mxl.mm unloadlng periods, ~etok lmndled about 1500 weekwhile Kwajaleinunloaded●bout 1(XILong Tons. 2$