mode boating hasardous. Ships at anchor could not stream their boats to booms without danver of lines parting or cleats carmyiny away, and in any event their boats vere too snail to cerry more than a fow passengers safely «xcept on unusually cala days. As a consejucnee ships depended on the Bost Pool for a grest deal of thelr boating reqairenentse 46. The Liiis were the “work horses* at Hikini, Tuey nude ao total of ower 14000 trips, carrying 4400 tons of cargo and over 47000 peesengers. While many of the trips were short ones, from ship! to nearby ship or islani lendinrs, these figures represent sotexcrthy acconplishnent by the Host Fool. 47 The Boat pool's Lis, except for LOU 1348, perforacd a variety of servicss, of which about 75% involve carrying cargo betecen Eninman and cther islanis, and to ships. LOJs aleg laid asi picked wp buoys, carried recreatioa partics and launched ani picked up DUEIs. LOU 1348 was employed alaost exclusively in support ef Project Je2. Qh several occasions LCUs leaded with equipment were iifted in JSLLE GOVE. ant carried to sniwetok and puck, inl February 1954, 1225, towed by an ATF, carried dir Force ejuipment to Rongerik Atel) to cos-lete the job of estzublishing a weather station there, began in Janvary by LST 551. davy LCUs assisted in rolling wp thie ste- tios after MiCTAK was fired. 48. qhe two LCFRs and motor whale soat were ased to transport beat crewa between ships and the bost muoringe, and for a variety