lhal
Supply
Center, oakland during early Februa~, adv8ntage was taken
of experience @ined ●t port mene~
Port of Embarkationwas ~de
shi~nts
during the DOCOMber move. The Ar
co~letely reeponsitie for followlng Up
fim Amy and Ati Force depot8 and imwlring that the Mavd
Supply Center received these supplies. The NaV81 SUpplY cmter~ WWA
wes mde
reaponaible for receivingthe cargo and lading th
ships.
T
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Arrangwmnts for loading troops were the same as at Port Huanema with
the Amy port calling the troops fommi
fmm
home stations and staging
them until called for ha ding by the Naval Supply Center. The - jor
difficulty encounteredduring this loading was lack of informationat
the loading port of infornution on incoming
mmts
shipmenta. N-rous
atNP
T.
camein by air withoutadequateadvancenoticeand thiswes true
to a great extent with rail shipaents. Dooummts sent by the shipping
depots by regular ~il
often arrived after the ahipmant came tito the
port. The net reeult was that the Army port had to pull packing Mats
from each box and cut new WI)Documente on each shi~nt.
26.
There wes
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Mrge amount of equipment in this echelon which
required inundatorydeck loadlng. The Naval Supply Center had several
vessels aalling during late January and early Febmary to Kwajalsin with
regular ?lavysupport shlpmants. These veasdls were used to olear acme
f
:
d
w I
A
of this deck load cargo. It was fortunatethat these vessels were
available since all oar~ could not have been cartied on the 1 AKA and
1 APA asei~ed for this mvement.
The Pichway wau assigned to load
troops for Kwajalein and ●lso housekeepingand other equipment desi~ted
by the Air Force to the oargo oapacity of the vessel, (about 2,000 M/T).
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Secttin XVII
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