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DISPOSITION FORM
SUBJECT:
Staff Visit Report
DATE:
1.
weather island roll-up.
2,
3 Mar 54
COMMENT NO 1
and I visited J-4,, JTF-7, 3 March 1954, to discuss
Persons present:
_ag, Acting Jah, JTF-7
, Ass't Jay, JTF=7
ee
3.
Chief of Army Supply, J-4
Staff Supply Officer, TG 7.4
_au--~-=3, Staff Transportation Officer, TG 7.4
Discussion:
a. We outlined to the officers present our concept of the weather
island roll-up as follows:
{1)
Utilize LST #551 to proceed to Rongerik on or about
K #7 for the purpose of transporting the Rongerik
weather package and personnel to Eniwetok. Upon arrival
at Eniwetok those items to be left here will be offloaded and the LST will proceed to the southern islands.
Those personnel off-loaded at Eniwetok would be trans-
ported back to the ZI by appropriate means. The reson=
sible officer for weather island roll-up would depart
‘with LST #551 together with the remainder of the weather
island package from Rongerik which is to be transported
back to the ZI.
(2)
The three (3) southern islands Kusaie, Ponape and Majuro
will then be hit by the LST picking up the property and
personnel from those three (3). LST #551 would then
proceed to Honolulu where certain items would be offloaded, specifically, a crane and some refrigeration
units, loaned to the LST by the Navy for the outbound
voyage,
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(3)
If the LsT #551 is to proceed back to the ZI, the weather
island packages will be left aboard and transported to
the Oakland port.
If, for any reason, the operations
orders of LST #551 are changed, the cargo would be off-
loaded at the Honolulu port and placed in the MSTS stream
for shipment, back to the Oakland port in the routine
manner,
Colonel Fleming confirmed their agreement with
this plan and the availability of LST #551 as far as
the Honolulu port. He could not make a committment on
the use of the LST beyond Honolulu,
TAB NO, 70
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