FRASE TWO:
OFERATIONS PRIOR TO MOVEMENT OF TASK FORCE
SFIPS FROM TSRMINAL ISLAND
(15 November 1947 to 29 February 1948)
1.
As stated in phese one of the operstional report, one of
the chief difficulties encountered in the over-all plamings of the
operation lay in the necessity for carrying out certain commitments
while such planning was still in process.
Fence there was no fins
demarcation between the cevelopment of the details of the plan and
the necessary implementation of the plan.
2.
The task of providing logistic service for all personnel
sent forward and the shipment of suprlies, materials, and fersomel,
was continued in ever increasing amounts throughout the period prior
to the deprrture of the main task unit from the West Coast.
A large
amount of tonnage was shipped from the West Coast, most of the ships
being provided by Comservpac placed under the operational control’
of CTG 7.5.
This included 1 AFA, 2 AKA, 4 LST, 3 FS, ausmented by
tankers, reefer ships, and cargo carriers assigned temporarily to
operational control of CTG 7.3.
The actual movement of individual
ships 1s summarized in enclosure (B).
3.
In November 1947, the advance group of ships, consisting
of the COMSTOCK, LST 45, 219, 611, 1135, plus the COASTAL CRUSADER,
FS 234 and 370, arrived at Eniwetok to establish a service unitand ~~
boat pool. . During the period from the arrival of the first ships
of the task force until the major vessels were assembled on berth©
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