> CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 5 each of the off-island camps was provided with an 8-man tent for use as the Commissary issue room and for storage space. There was 63,374 square feet of floor space in various warehouse structures at Elmer, and 512 square feet at Ursula. Figure 3-13 shows warehouses Nos. 501, 502 and 503 on site Elmer, which were con- structed under project 3028, Item A-38-A, and completed in January 1953. Figure 3-14 shows the bin arrangement in the Plumbing Warehouse, Building No. 502. Outside storage areas were provided as follows: Site Site Site Site Site ” Site Tare... ee 50,000 Charlie... 15,000 Fox... 15,000 Nan... 5,000 Elmer..........0000000000020...368,670 " (Classification yard..53,000 Ursula... 6,340 sq. sq. sq. sq. sq. sq. sq. ft. ft. ft. ft. ft. ft. ft. The outside storage area at Nan is shown in Figure 3-15. All incoming cargo was checked upon arrival on shore, and the storage destination was designated. Upon arrival at the storage area, all boxes or containers were opened and con- tents were checked against the packinglist. If discrepancies appeared, an Over, Short or Damage Report was initiated. The Superintendent of Supply was furnished a list of the personnel who were authorized Figure 3-12. Unloading Camco Trailers, Eniwetok Lagoon to sign stores requisitions and shipping requests. To withdraw material from a warehouse, it was necessary to present a stores requisition signed by an authorized person. For interatoll or intra- atoll cargo movement, a shipping request was direct movement of refrigerated cargo from the pier to the cold storage area was accomplished by mobile forklifts. Bulk fuel was delivered to the tank farms located on sites Elmer, Fred and Sugar through submarine piping systems. Tankers tied-up to the POL mooring buoys which were located offshore at each tank farm. The submarine lines terminated in hose which was connected by chain to a third buoy. This chain was used to pick up and relay the hose for all fueling operations. initiated indicating the use feature at destination. Interatoll scheduled shipments were gen- erally made via LST, but, regardless of the type of vessel, every interatoll ship movement neces- sary for any reason was utilized to the maxi- mum extent for carrying cargo between atolls. The interatoll shipment of cargo is depicted graphically in Figure 3-16. JOBSITE MATERIAL AND PROPERTY CONTROL During the Operation, requisitions were screened through Kardex records before ma- Six warehouses, each 24’ x60’ were constructed at Bikini Atoll for OPERATION CASTLE. Four of these were located at site Tare and one each at site Fox and site Charlie. Of the four at site Tare, two were used for adequate replacements or substitutions were available or procured. Allocations of materials The warehouses at sites Fox and Charlie were used for general stores. At site Nan, part of requirements were known, at which time they general stores and two for subsistence stores. the electrical shop was utilized for general stor- age. Since the more remote camps drew their stores directly from Tare, no subsistence ware- houses were erected at the other sites. However, Page 3-28 terials were issued, to insure that allocated materials were not being used for other purposes or, if the materials were released for use, that were made against specific or general construc- tion commitments until such time as definite were posted to use features. Reviews were made of stock levels against established re-order points, and maintenance stock replacement requisitions were subsequently initiated for items