CTG 7.3 SUMMATION
1.
To summarize briefly the participation of the Naval
Task Group (Task Group 7.5) in Operation SANDSTONE:
a. The Naval Task Group was constituted on 25 October
1947; the first group of vessels departed from Pearl Harbor. on
15 November 1947 (West Longitude Date) and arrived at Eniwetok
on 29 November 1947 (East Longitude Date).
It is estimated that
the last vessels of the Naval Task Group will depart Eniwetok on
about 10 June, 1948, and arrive Pearl Harbor about 21 June, 1948.
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Task Group 7.3 transported 33,742 measurement tons
(14,591 long tons) of cargo and 1006 passengers from United States
(or Oahu) bases to Eniwetok, and about 23,000 measurement tons of
oargo and about 1700 passengers to Kwajalein; on completion of
roll@up, TD 7.3 will have returned about 24,000 measurement tons
of cargo from Eniwetok, and 6000 measurement tons from Kwajalein,
and 2573 passengers from Eniwetok and Kwajalein to the United
States, or Oahu.
In order to accomplish this lift, 135 ships made
18 trips from the West Coast (or Oahu) to the forward area, and all
ships made 15 trips from the forward area to the United States
(or Oahu), on roll-up operations.
6.
The Cable Unit (TU 7.5.6) laid, tested, and placed
in use 914,050 feet of submarine cable.
ad.
During the period from 1 February, 1948, to 21 May
1948, the Off-Shore Patrol operated 12 ships (a maximum of 9 were
assigned) to the patrol] at any one time), with a total of 445
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