ship-days on patrol, and 118,756 miles steamed on patrol; a total
of 12 planes (a maximum of 9 were assigned to the patrol at any
one time), flying a total of 223 patrole (1872 hours) in daylight
searches, and 645 hours in night searches.
Total flights for
VP(MS)-6 were 302, totalling 2500 hours.
e.
Six helicopters flew 826 flights, totalling 542.2 hours
during the operation; a total of 1030 passengers were transported.
f. The Boat Pool maintained a total of 84 small boats, operating them for a total of about 78,500 miles.
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The Joint Commumication Center aboard MT. MCKINLEY handled
a total of approximately 20,000 messages (60% of these were encrypted).
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TG 7.3 distributed the following listed amounts of provisions
to units of JTF 7 at Eniwetok and outlying stations: 790 short tons
of chill, 354 short tons of freeze, and 835 short tons of dry; these
were in addition to the provisions stored in TG 7.5 vessels on their
departure for the forward area.
i.
TG 7.3 vessels and unit consumed the following listed amounts
of fuel: 148,077 barrels (6,219,248 gallons) of black oil; 37,770
barrels (1,586,340 gallons) of diesel oil; 458,101 gallons of 115/145
low aromatic avgas; 1500 gallons of 80 octane avgas.
In addition,
119,400 gallons of 115/145 high aromatic avgas, $5,000 gallons of
73 octane avgas, and 500,066 gallons of mogas were supplied to other
Task Groups of JTF 7 (345,000 gallons of mogas were expended during
the operation).
‘Two large tankers made three trips and three small
tankers (AOG - gasoline and diesel only) made four trips to transport
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