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FIGURE 3-17. SHALLOW-DRAFT BARGE.
FIGURE 3-16. RUNIT FACILITIES.
stock and outsize cargo were ready for release by the depots. The U.S.
Army Material Development and Readiness Command Logistics Control
Harbor, Hawaii. The two ships arrived at Enewetak on 25 July 1977 to
deliver 7,650 measurement tonsof cargo which included four landing craft
23 August 1977 (Figure 3-17), carried 3,448 measurement tons of Army,
exchange, and Field Command cargo from Oakland, and 64/7
measurement tons of Field Command cargo from Pearl! Harbor. The only
deck space left was that required for access to the reefer vans.®! Even so,
manycritical items had not been received in time for shipment on the
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Supply and transportation representatives of the agencies involved in
the cleanup project met at Headquarters MTMCWA in Oakland,
California, on 27-28 July 1977 to identify and resolve problems associated
with marshalling the remaining undelivered Army equipment and
shipping it to Enewetak. Approximately 9,000 measurement tons ofrolling
Activity took action to have it shipped to San Diego in a roll-on/roll-off
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configuration to facilitate loading and offloading. Also, Army and Field
Command cargo in Oakland was to be transshipped to San Diego to be
loaded on the September 1977 Navy sealift. Unresolved was a required
delivery date on atoll for the four Army LARCs waiting at Rough and
Ready Depot, California, for movement down the Sacramento River and
onward to Enewetak. Field Command agreed to resolve the matter before
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(two LCM-3s and two LCM-6s), one personnel boat (landing craft,
vehicle, personnel-LCVP), the radiation laboratory trailers, two liquid
nitrogen plants, vehicles, construction equipment, and other equipment
and supplies.29 The major role played by these no-cost sealifts, and the full
cooperation of the Navy in providing them, bears mention again.
The MSC awarded Dillingham Tug and Barge Corporation the contract
for bimonthly shallow-draft barge service between Pearl Harbor, Johnston
Atoll, and Enewetak Atoll. The first shallow-draft barge, which arrived on
the next major conference in mid-August 1977.83
The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service stations at Enewetak
Camp and Lojwa Camp wereinstalled in late July and early August 1977 by
technicians from the Television-Audio Support Activity of the U.S. Army
Electronics Command, Sacramento Army Depot, California. The system
provided for broadcast of video tapes and FM radio (Figure 3-18). The
Enewetak Camp video station began broadcasting on Il August 1977, and
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On 29 July 1977, Brigadier General Grayson D. Tate, USA, replaced BG
Lacy as Commander, Field Command, DNA. Later that week. Colonel
Charles J. Treat, USA, reported for duty with Field Command's Logistics
Directorate, and became the Special Assistant for Enewetak Operations.
His addition to the management stalf was lo prove of inestimable value.