CHAPTER II, SECTION 5.
design were found necessary. The additions to
the jet fuel facilities system were not completed
by the time the first jet planes arrived. Therefore, with the concurrence of the U.S. Air Force
Command, certain changes to existing facilities
were effected which permitted jet plane operations during the period when the jet fuel facilities were under construction. Asfinally designed
and built, the POL additions consisted of two
5,000-barrel and two 10,000-barrel steel storage
tanks (15,000-barrels Avgas and 15,000-barrels
jet fuel); three new 6-inch steel filling lines
(approximately 800 feet long) laid on the bot-
tom of the lagoon from 0.0-foot elevation to
minus 99 feet, each connected at the seaward
end, by a 200-foot flexible submarine hose; a
complete foamite system for new tanks; miscellaneous piping and appurtenances; one fill
stand for Avgas and one for jet fuel; a 16’x
25’ addition to existing pump house; an 8-foothigh aluminum chain link fence; and earth dikes
for each tank.
The major permanent base construction
(P&E Projects) is summarized in the following
pages:
PROJECT 5026
BUILDING NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
SIZE SQ. FEET
TYPE
FRED
663 thru 673
11 - 48-man barracks
M. P. headquarters
Guest house
39,259
1,950
2,018
PI&S
PI&S
Wood - Composition Roof
DAVID
103
Mess hall
1,668
PI&S
106
24-man barrack
1,936
PI&S
101
Power and water
1,716
PI&S
102
Receiver building
1,356
PI&S
ELMER
Deep Water Pier - Elmer. A V-shaped pier
of steel H-piling and wooden deck. The seaward
leg for deep draft vessels was 351'x 45’ with
catwalk extensions to dolphins at each end; the
northern catwalk was 165’ x 3’ and the southern
catwalk 70 x3’. The elevation of the lagoon
bottom at the face of the pier was minus 30
feet and the elevation of the pier was plus 12
feet. The other leg of the V was 416’ x 45’. This
provided a dock for an LST and access to the
deep water leg of the pier.
eee
Fire Protection-Elmer. Additional fire pro-
tection for POL facilities, including Foamite
generator for new 5,000-barrel tank and extension of salt water service and foam lines and
existing tanks; an electric fire-alarm system,
hose racks and additional water supply systems
for existing warehouses at Elmer; and install-
ation of four risers and plugs at the deep water
pier.
Second Submarine Power Cable. Installation between Elmer and Fred of 3/C-250MCM
armored 5KV cable, 17,500 feet in length with
switching gear at Elmer and Fred and voltage
regulator station at Fred.
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Figure 2-197.
Joint Receiver Station - David