152 {i ; RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL Master Sergeant J. S. Loggins, Engineer Construction NCO. Accompanying them was Captain Charles E. Day, USA, from the Field Command Hawaii Office, assigned on a 2-week temporary duty (TDY) basis to provide radiological safety supportfor thefirst joint effort of the project.34 153 FIRST NAVY SEALIFT: 14 APRIL 1977 Muchofthe sealift for the Enewetak Atoll Radiological Cleanup Project was furnished by Commander, Naval Surface Forces, Pacific (COMNAVSURFPAC) and subordinate elements, including FIRST ARMY-NAVY TEAM: 5 APRIL-17 MAY 1977 Thefirst joint Army-Navyeffort of the project was removal of aggregate from a stockpile on Enjebi (Janet) Island to Lojwa (Ursula) Island for use in construction of the forward base camp. It was accomplished by four Army equipmentoperators and five Navy boat operators assigned TDY to the atoll for the aggregate operation. Procedures for accomplishing and supporting the operation were developed by the atoll commander, the H&Nsite manager, and Field Command’s chieflogistician.35-3 The team used base support equipment—scooploaders, dump trucks, and landing craft, mechanized (LCM-8)—to move the aggregate. The bulk-haul system, which had previously been used to deliver soil for ERDA’s experimental tree farm on Enjebi, was used to transport the aggregate to Lojwa. With the bulk-haul system, the landing craft weil deck was loaded directly with approximately 40 cubic yards of aggregate for each trip, instead of with one truck carrying only about 8 cubic yards of aggregate. This was the first use of bulk haul by a military team at the atoll. A year ! Mobilization later, after extensive radiological safety testing, the procedure would be Commander, Amphibious Group Eastern Pacific, and Commander Amphibious Group ONE. Their deployments of amphibious ships to the Western Pacific several times a year called at Enewetak Atoll throughout the project, bringing equipment and supplies. Without this extraordinary effort by COMNAVSURFPAC—and the total cooperation of all Navy echelons from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations down to individual ships’ crews—the project would have been in serious financial Straits from the start. The first such task group arrived from San Diego on 14 April 1977 (Figure 3-5). It included the USS ANCHORAGE, USS ST. LOUIS. USS ALAMO, and USS SCHENECTADY.38 They delivered 2,588 measurement tons (M/T = 40 cu. ft.) of cargo, including a 90-ton crane generators, trucks, causeway sections, anddistillation units from the West Coast, and busses, shop vans, trucks, construction equipment, and building supplies from Pearl Harbor. All this materiel had been acquired and delivered to the ports of embarkation in less than 3 weeks by Field Command, H&N-PTD, USASCH, and Pacific Air Forces in order to take advantage of the no-cost sealift offered by COMNAVSURFPAC. po we ne ree oe ~— tee a employed to improve capabilities for moving radiologically contaminated soil. Work began on 8 April 1977 under the supervision of Chief Boatswain’s —— “| i Mate Roger Black. During the week, the team camped on Enjebt in trailer facilities originally established for the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's experimental tree farm. The Enjebi trailer camp was operated and maintained by two H&N-PTD employees. On weekends, the team returned to the main base camp on Enewetak Island. CPT Day implemented the radiological safety program. Air samplers obtained from the Nevada Test Site were set up downwind of aggregate loading and offloading operations, and dust filter masks were worn by personnel in the area. When the operation was completed on 9 May 1977, a total of 1,300 r on Loywa cubIC yards ol aggregate was stockpiled lo construction forces.3? FIGURE 3-5. CONVOY ARRIVAL,