to it by means of flexible hose, and pumps fuel through the submarine
lines into the onshore storage tanks.
The incoming fuel is dewatered, deaerated, and metered before
introduction into storage. Electric motor-driven centrifugal petroleumproduct pumps are installed to permit transferring fuel from storage tanks
to tank trucks or from tank to tank, as required. These pumps act as
booster pumps to assist in transferring fuel from tanker to storage tanks
in case difficulty is experienced with the tanker's pumps. Dehydrators,
air eliminators, meter equipment, flow control valves, and transfer
pumps are installed in a standard 24 foot by 32 foot aluminum building
for protection against salt spray and the humid atmosphere.
Tank truck loading stands, each consisting of a standpipe with
counter weighted swing-joint loading arm and self-closing loading valve,
are provided for both motor gasoline and diesel oil. In addition,diesel
oil is pumped through underground lines to the diesel power plant and the
laundry boiler plant and transferred by truck to the mess hall boiler
plant and to the boat fuel storage tank located onshore adjacent to the
freight pier.
Fuel is transferred to small boats by pumping from the
storage tank to two boat fuelers located on the freight pier. Motor
gasoline is transferred by truck to a service station storage tank
located adjacent to the tank farm and dispensed to vehicles by means
of two metering, service station type gasoline pumps.
Early in August 1949, working drawings incorporating the above
described design were completed and issued to the field for construction.
At the same time bills of material were prepared by the Engineering
Division and the Construction Department initiated procurement. The
1,000 barrel vertical bolted steel tanks used for fuel storage were
obtained from CINCPAC at Pearl Harbor.
On August 29, 1949, a representative of Holmes & Narver returned
from the Jobsite and advised the Chief Engineer that between the location
selected for the fuel storage facilities and the fueling buoy there was
a large amount of scrap which would have to be moved. Therefore, it was
recommended by the Holmes & Narver field engineers that the new storage
tanks be located where the war-time Seabee tanks were. Since these
original Seabee tanks were in questionable condition and it appeared
unwise to use them for the storage of hazardous liquids, the Engineering
Division agreed to the removal of the original tanks and the installation
of the new tanks in their place.
At the same time, Holmes & Narver's field engineers requested that
consideration be given to lowering the horisontal storage tanks, which
had been shown on the drawings to be installed on concrete supports at
a height sufficient to permit loading tank trucks by gravity. This
suggestion was accepted by the designers in the Home Office and the
tanks were lowered. They were still supported on piers so that the
bottoms could be inspected and maintained. This change eliminated the
possibility of having gravity feed to the tenk trucks, but this loss
was not considered serious because transfer pumps were required in any
event and could be used for the dual purposes of loading trucks and
transferring to other points of use.
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