VI departere, - Eventually a opportunity wes foun! to send her to nie wetok where she was fueled at anchor by YO 120. 7 th Sninebok the lock ef shore storage for Navy special fuel oil presented a probleme Storage aflost was provided hy YO 129 with a capacity of only 6000 barrels. Between. gonthly GiRVPAC oilers the DDSs at Eninetok could soon exhaust the YO's fuel supply. With CUMTISS, ESTES and BAIROSO at Biking after BRAVO the DDEs were left without a source of fuel short of a trip to Bikini to fuel from one of the larger ships. Considersble planning to take aivantage of scheduled inter-atoll movenants and careful expenditure of the Yote supply were nocessery to keep the Eninstok Dots fusled. | & AVIATION ¥P-29 encountered an unforeesen supply problen that was solved with the assistense ef Reval Stetion Kzajaleinmd Naval Air Station, Darber's Foink supply activities. ‘The P2vé was anew cire eraft; the usage deta from dhich allowance lists tor the Operation were derived wos based on estimates, and experience with similar types aircraft. 48 soon as operations eomzenced it becane obvious that etocks of many itess vere inaxilejwate, ithin the frat 60 days the squairon head to submit alsost 1550 4PA requisitions. Seventy percent of the requisitioned iteas wers furnished on a resQy issue basis by the Mrajalein bese supply departuent, becked ap ty Barber's Point. The reazinder utre frnished through reguler supply channels. As the Operation progressed the squatron procured material through regular ebannels on a priority basis and built up its om supply stocks. qums 224 (2 n