CHAPTER 5.21 FUEL HANDLING AND STORAGE The Reconnaissance Report recommended that new fuel storage tanks be installed to replace existing tanks on Parry and Eniwetok Islands. To provide protection for the new tanks against the very corrosive action of salt spray, and to reduce maintenance requirements, it was decided to install the tanks in shallow excavations and to cover them completely with coral. In order that this might be done easily, it was suggested that 1,000 barrel (42,000 gallon) horizontal cylindrical steel tanks be used. The quantities of various fuels recommended for storage were based on estimates of requirements arrived at in conferences between representatives of J~Division and Holmes & Narver. Following are the tankages recommended in the original Reconnaissance Report: Site Fuel Parry L. ©. gasoline Eniwetok Eniwetok aviation gasoline motor oil Perry Eniwetok diesel oil diesel oil Tanks 2 4 4 4 3 Gallons 84, 000 168, 000 168, 000 168, 000 126, 000 Because fuel supplies were to be delivered by the Navy, it was necessary to consider in detail the Navy requirements and delivery schedules and to coordinate with Eniwetok garrison requirements. On June 7, 1949, at conferences held at Pearl Harbor and attended by representatives of Holmes & Narver, J-Division, (and CINCPAC) the fuel storage requirements for Eniwetok and Parry were again discussed, and revised quantities were were given the Engineering Division on number and capacities of storage tanks requirements firmed up at Pearl Harbor approved. Specific instructions June 27, 1949, about the for the two sites. These formed the basis for the statements about fusl storage capacity contained in the Fuel Handling and Storage Section of Supplement No. 1 to the Reconnaissance Report, issued in July 1949. Following are the tankages approved at the Pearl Harbor conferences and subsequently listed in Supplement No. 1: On Parry Island: 3-270 1. Motor gasoline ~ 82,000 gallons in four 10,000 gallon tanks and one 1,000 barrel (42,000 gallon) tank. 2. Diesel oil - 134,000 gallons in five 10,000 gallon tanks and two 1,000 barrel (42,000 gallon) tanks.