cable.
These personnel are being retained for the duration of
operation SANDSTONE for maintenance and checking of cables, and
are available to lay any replacement cables should this become
necessary.
A complete report of cable laying operations, includ-
ine comments and recommendations, is given in Enclosure (C).
ce
All vessels were unloaded, end personnel, equipment,
The equipment end personnel for
and supplies were moved ashore.
the work at outlying islends were transshipped.
LST were used to
provide hotel services for constructio workers at ENGEBI and in
the AOMON-BIIJIRI and RUNIT area.
In the execution of its assigned
duties the 8&4 boats of the boat pool operated for a total mileage
ine xcess of 21,000 miles on regularly scheduled trips during. the
period from 1 December 1947 to 15 March 1948.
The total tonnage
offloaded et ENIWSTOK during this period was 33,742 M/T (14,591 long
tons) cargo, consisting of 18,673 H/T of equipment and 15,069 #/T
of supplies.
The term equipment embraces vehicles, construction
equipment, generators, radio equipment, unit property, etc.
The —
term supplies includes subsistence, and construction materials, such
as asphalt, cement, lumber, paint, cable, towers, etc.
The tonnage
figures do not include the weight of any c raft assigned to the boat
pool.
These craft, in several instances, comprised a full deck
load for a cargo carrying vessel.
In addition to the above, 1006 .
passengers were transported to ENIWETOK in TG 1.3 vessels.
In
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January, two LCI were assigned to ferry duties between ENIWETOK and
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