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FORWARD ECHELON
the USS Yancey departed Fort Worden, Washington’ on 10° December
1947, with the advance detachment,532d Engineer Boat and Shore
Regiment, and was five days at sea when the main body of troops of
TG 7.2 embarked at Port Hueneme.
Aboard the USS Pickaway sailing
from Port Hueneme were Hqs., 532d EB & SR, Hqs & Hgs Co., 532d EB &
SR, Med. Det, 532d EB & sR, Co D, 532d EB & SR, Co E, 532d EB & SR,
854th Port Company, 461st Transportation Amphibious Truck Company
(DET), Composite Signal Group and Det. of USN Cable laying group.
Aboard the USS Yancey were the advance detachments of each
unit of the 532d EBB & SR consisting mostly of heavy equipment operators and maintenance men, supply personnel and the 2d ESB Babarkation
Section.
The USS Yancey was the Cargo ship loaded with construction
equipment and organisational gear while the USS Pickaway was primarily the troop ship.
Both ships were loaded without incident
and departed on time.
With the USS Pickaway and Yancey enroute tothe Marshall
Islands, no time was lost by the first echelon of TG 7/2 alrexdy™
located on Eniwetok Atoll in preparation for Operation Sandstone. ~
This group consisted of the service units and strvice teans
organised to form the 1220th Provisional Battalion from Oahu, TH. Mejor EnEEEEy, then Islend Commander, arrived by
air at Eniwetok 20 November 1947 with a group of, 40 Army and Mavy
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