LT ~ ( 225 pebris Cleanup FIGURE 5-4. MANUAL DEBRIS REMOVAL. to the debris by WBCTdivers, and the debris was winched from the water to the shore. Other USAE equipment was also used to pull the debris to the shore. Again, USAE transported the debris to beach stockpiles. The third method involved the use of a modified landing craft, mechanized (LCM-8) equipped with a powerful winch and A-frame (Figure 5-5). As in the second method, divers connected the winch cable to the debris and the debris was hoisted aboard the LCM-8 (Figure 5-6). When the space was full (approximately 5-20 cubic yards), the LCM-8 either moved the debris to a beach stockpile area where USAE equipment offloaded the craft or moved the debris directly to an authorized lagoon dump site. The fourth method employed to collect offshore debris utilized the Army lighter, amphibious resupply, cargo (LARC-LX). This method was - , used where the debris was located far from operational sites, where there were accessibility problems for the modified LCM-8 craft, or when the debris could not be winchedto the nearest island. As in other procedures, divers connected the winch cable from the LARC-LX and the debris was pulled on board (Figure 5-7). When the cargo space was fuil, the LARCLX either moved debris to dump sites or to beach stockpiles (Figure 5-8). This method proved to be highly successful during the final stages of debris cleanup operations. Thefifth and final method again combined USAE and USNE resources and was by far the mostefficient debris removal methodin the offshore