sin laying down a general plan, about which details could be built.
3.
Aboti 34,000 mea=ement
tons of carm had been landed at
Eniwetok, of which about 24,000 measurement tons was equipmumt requiring
return to the U. S. or Cahu. About 20,000 measurement tons had been
landed at Kwajalein of which about 8,000
measurement tons required
return to the U. S. or Oahu. The first rnjor movement of roll-up
car~ was 1500 meaaurenmt tons loaded on the USS Pickaway for Oahu$
sailing 15 March. Between that date and 1 May, a total of about 9,000
measurement tons was loaded out of I!Xiwetokleaving about 15,000 measur.
ementtms for-loading in the final roll-up. Thus the roll-up job at
EnIwetok was about 40% completed prior to 1 May. Annex A, summarizes
car~ loaded out by vessel with sailing dates from lhdwetok, while
Annex B sets forth similar information for KwajaSein.
4.
The system for aesi@ng
surface lift for personnel and cargo
wee shilar to the method used on outloading from the U* S.
The Island
Commander at Ihiwetok and Island Conmmnder at Kwajalein were assigned
space in accordance with their requirernnts~ Both passenger and cargo
space was tight. The main vessels available for surface lift were the
APA 222, (USS Pickaway), AKA 89, (Warrlck),AKA 93, (Yancey),and the
NTIs 45, 611, and 219.
5. The problemof returning szull boats to Oahu or the U. S. was
a formidable one similar to the trouble encountered in moving them forward. The lSD (Comstock) carried 2 LCTts, 2 AVR’S,
and several additional
LCM!S. The remainder of the boats were handled by other cargo and
u
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