CHAPTER I SECTION 3-4 VOL. Il BOOK 6 Laundry: 1, The starch cooker was filled with water 2. All equipment was covered with canvas Dehumidification Equipment: 1, Panels enclosing dehumidification equipment were removed, laid flat and covered with tarpaulin Bldg. 330 and 344 - Elmer: 1, Equipment was covered with tarpaulins CONSTRUCTION AND AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT. All construction materials, equipment and rolling stock were transferred from the Northern Islands to Elmer and were stored there during the evacuation. Vehicles and equipment were stored in the vehicle and equipment yard, with all vehicles facing away from Zero, and with the heavier equipment on the outside. All radiator and fuel tanks were filled as required, SECTION 4. MARINE EQUIPMENT Marine craft were secured prior to MIKE Shotas follows: 1, Four LCUs and three barges were moored to buoys in 10 fathoms of water, They were secured to buoys with a 7/8-inch wire bridle of 55- foot legs to a 7/8-inch wire pendant (25 feet long) which was attached to the buoys. As an additional precautionary measure for the barges two parts of seven-inch circumference manila line was made fast to the LCU from an independent shackle on the mooring buoy, with slack beyond the length of the wire pendant and bridle. This same measure was taken for LSUs except that 6-inch manila was used. Sixteen Holmes & Narver and five Army-Navy LCMs were beached on high ground east of Trinity Avenue. Seven Holmes & Narver and five Army DUKWs were beached east of Trinity Avenue on Elmer, in six wheel drive and in low gear range, with their emergency brakes set. Three water taxis were beached and placed in cradles east of Trinity Avenue on Elmer, one prior to M -5 Day, one at 0730 on M -2 Day, and one at 1800 on M -2 Day. 6-47