we - One ~~ 6 was necessary to schedule two ships for bcth November and December of 1953. Water muvement of equipment began in Aucust, reached a peak in November and December, at. was cir pleted by the ship in January 1954. J-4 assembled data from the routine monthly status reports of various projects relative ty the shipment of equipment and material including the type and volunie of equipment to be shipped and also the time the shipper could have the cargo arrive at Oakland. By coordinating with J-3, J-4 was able to determine when it was operationally necessary for the equipment to reach the Forward Area. Prujects were then informed by letter of the date cargo should reach the Naval Sepply Center. In many cases pruject equipment was scheduled to move over a threeor four-month peried. Close contact was maintained becwveen the J-4 Office at Los Alamos and the J-4 Liaison Officer at the Naval Supply Center to control loading of vessels in accordance with operational priority requirements. Movement of all water-lifted cargo was accomplished on schedule and without loss of any equipment and with only minor damage to two trailers during the off-loading of equipment in the Forward Area. Ships were routed to discharge cargo at both Bikini and Eniwetok Atolls, which eliminated unnecessary shuttling of equipment from Eniwetokto Bikini. Water Shipments (MSTS), ZI to PPG October 1953, 286 L/T November 1953, 375 L/T December 1953, 939 L/T April 1954, January 1954, 984 L/T February 1954, 393 L/T March 1954, 15 L/T 2 L/T Total: 2994 L/T Seventy-nine large van trailers were included in the above tabulations. (6) Air. Air shipments of equipment to the Forward Area were placed in the MATS system at Travis Air Force Base. Control of air shipments was maintained in the J-4 Office at Los Alamos by means of restricting the issuance of air priorities to that office. Every effort was made to restrict air shipments to materia! and equipment which, owing to its sensitive nature, Such as film or delicate instruments, or owing to the rush requirement for operational use, precluded shipment by water. Also certain weapon components were Shipped by air, as discussed in Sec. 3.6. All air shipments were consigned to Eniwetok and, when necessary, forwarded by daily C-47 shuttle to Bikini. Air Shipments (MATS), ZI to PPG October 1953, 8,000 Ib January 1954, 74,000 lb November 1953, 18,009 lb February 1954, 61,254 Ib December 1953, 42,000 tb Mareh 1651, 27,033 lb April 1954, 12,045 ib Total: 242,336 tb 3.6 MOVEMENT OF DEVICES AND COMPONENTS