The third scheme considered was to load a tank truck on an “M* boat at Parry Island and transport it to the various experiment islands. At each island the truck was to run ashore and be driven to the location of each fuel tank. This scheme had the advantages of permitting the truck to be filled directly from the fuel loading rack on Parry Island, thus reducing manpower requirements to a minimum, and of releasing the "M" boat for other assignments when not required for fuel transport. This was the scheme ultimately employed, Late in August 1950, it became evident that it would be desirable to reduce the frequency of fuel deliveries to the experiment islands and, on the recommendation of the Holmes & Narver Service Operations Manager, banks of Navy cubes were installed on these islands to provide the following storage capacities at each location: Engebi, gasoline 3,000 gallons, diesel 25,000 gallons; Runit and the Aomon group, gaso- line 2,000 gallons each site, diesel 10,000 gallons each site; Japtan, gasoline 1,000 gallons, diesel 2,000 gallons. These cubes were sufficiently elevated and interconnected to allow for one filling inlet and one outlet, with gravity flow between the tiers of tanks, 5-272: