d
6- LCPL
2- PPB
2- 5or ~
2-35*MB
l-~B
4- LCT
2 - Am
X-MM
32- LCVP
1- LCPR
This does not include the small tit
complkt
“’i
-ii
of the large
of the ‘faak(lroupwhich were used for meeting mvenmt
vessels
requirementsof
personnel on such large vessels. The LCTSS and LCMts were used for
moving cargo from Eniwetok to the other islands and for moving cargo
betwecm the shore and cargo ships during loading and discharge operation.
LCVPts were used pri~rilY for transporting pereomel between
islands of the Atoll and between ship and shore. During the 3“month
period of rmjor discharge operation, there were about L,000 beachings
of these 3 type craft. Two AVRIS (air-sea rescue craft) were available
primarily for uee during the teat operation days for rapid transportation,
and were ueed sparingly
at other tinms far important personnel runs
between,islands requiring faat transportation. They can make between
25 and 30 knots. Three LCI$s were available and were used on a daily
ferry run betwem Eniwetok and the northern islands. This was about a
3 to 4 hour trip. Two trips daily were aade in each direction and this
furnished a ready =ans of transportationfor all personnel with other
than urgent missions moving between the ialends. The MI ~a were also
wed
for varioua other purpoaes such as towing steel barges around the
Atoll. Each large ship ran its own boat schedule with avafiabh ships~
boats. There was normally boat eervice on about a half-hour schedalle
from the s Mp to the nearestshoreinstallation.All boats,otherthan
those belonging to individual ships, were operated aE a pool under
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section
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