eae jeer ETL |rnsHDEONAR a we = - 171 Mobilization RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL 170 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 ome It was time to review the status of ft. N: cnecial the harge or undelivered orders and the cargo available for the next Navy sealift.*¢ 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 * 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 - (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 4 Se Ps Ee bt 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.