assigned as follows:
Bikini
Eniwetok
13 LCM
4 LCU
16 LCM
5 LCU
5 LCU houseboats
27 DUKW (includes 4 DUKW belonging
to TG 7.1 projects)
18 DUKW
Three water taxis were delivered during the operational period and
were put {nto service at Eniwetok as quickly as they could be readied. They
were not available, however, during the critical periods when the three temporary camps were in operation. An average of two LCM’s, one LCU, and
four DUKW’s were out of service for maintenance at any one time. The remaining boats were adequate to handle the daily loads. The boats were em- ;
ployed full time with many boats running into long hours of overtime.
All special trips in support of TG 7.1 were arranged for through the £
J-3 office. The trip was then set up with the TG 7.5 TCA either by tele-.
phone or by the use of boat slips as requested by the TCA. Scheduled wa
taxis were utilized between Parry Island and Eniwetok Island and also be- —
tween Enyu and the ships in the Enyu anchorage,
.
CTG 7.2 had 7 DUKW’s, used for mooring of ships and ferrying to
crash boats at Eniwetok,
There were no special problems encountered in obtaining boat service.
The number of boats available at each atoll proved to be sufficient for the
magnitude of the operation. There was never an excess of boats during the
height of the operational period and most days found all operational craft in
use,
3.7.7
Interatoll Surface Lift
Surface lift between the two atolls was provided by two MSTS LST’s ©
which made approximately weekly trips as scheduled by the H&N Supply Department. Cargo for TG 7.1 was handled through the J-4 Section which arranged for the movement with H&N Supply Department. Approximately 1800
long tons of test material were transhipped from Eniwetok to Bikini during
the operation.
Passengers were few in number and were booked by J-3
through the H&N Personnel Department.
Surface lift was also available in TG 7.3 ships which occasionally
sailed between atolls.
Arrangements were made through the TG 7.3 repre-
sentative at Eniwetok Atoll.
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