requirements on a sixty-day lead basis with the privilege of revising require-
ments to meet unavoidable changes.
MSTS ships lifted a great amount of cargo,
construction materials, and vehicles, including nearly 120 large van type
trailers equipped as laboratories and for other scientific purposes.
Group 7.3 ships assisted in specialized lift requirements.
Task
USS CURTISS (AV-4)
lifted source and special nuclear materials including test weapons and devices,
This ship also returned umsed test materials to San Diego at the end of the
operation.
USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE-116) lifted helicopters and other aircraft
to and from the PPG,
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(3) To expedite the processing and movement of material and personnel
into aerial and water ports of embarkation, existing task force liaison offices were used at Travis AFB, California, Hickam AFB, T. H. and Naval Supply
Center, Oakland, California.
The liaison office at Naval Station, Kwajalein,
M. I., was reopened for this operation.
(4)
Over 18,000 passengers and 3000 short tons of cargo and mail were
airlifted by MATS between CONUS and the PPG.
About 600 passengers and 195,000
measurements tons of cargo including POL were lifted by MSTS and COMSERVPAC
ships,
These figures do not include passengers and cargo lifted by assigned
organic support ships and aircraft.
Appendix I shows air and surface logis-
tics data.
(5) To support transportation activity within the PPG (Eniwetok and
Bikini Atolls), and to support weather and scientific stations outside the PPG
(Kapingamarangi, Kusaie, Tarawa, Rongerik, Wotho, Ujelang, and Utirik), C-47,
C-54, SA-16, and L-20 aircraft and H-19 helicopters were used extensively.
Two LSTs and an LSD were used in lifting bulky and heavy cargo and for the
construction of the weather and scientific stations.
A considerable number
of LCPLs, LCMs and LCUs were used, along with other surface craft, within
the atolls.
Generally, traffic operated on established echedules, which
were revised as necessary to conform to changes in lift requirements.
Between
atolls, over 13,000 passengers and 675 short tons of cargo were airlifted on
C-47 and C-54 aircraft; 60,000 measurement tons of cargo were moved by ship.
The weather and scientifie project islands required airlift by SA-16, C-47,
and C-54 aircraft in excess of 2000 passengers and 150 short tons of cargo,
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