for small boats (2 UMts and 2 I.CVP’Seach LST) the loading plans could
not be closely followed, and the accompanying rush of loading, resulted
in some LSTIS being loadedin a reamerwhich did not Fermitefficient
unloadingwith the facilitiesavailableat Eniwetok. It must be emphasizedhere that a carefulplan for loadingshouldbe made and followed,
particularlyin the movementof the initialeohelon,es discharge
facilitiesare then et a minimum. As was to be expected,in view of
the speedof the movementand relativelyunknownproblemsto be encountered on the Atoll,many items of equipmentthat were takenwere
unnecessary,and in some casesan oversupplyof expendable and spare
partswere taken. A few items of an engineeringnaturethat are of little
or no value on terrainof the type encounteredare as fo1lows:
Rooters
Sheepsfoot rollers
Earthaugers
I’iagon
drills
Itemsof value in many varieduses,were the 336 steelpontoons,
whioh were carriedin stringson the side of each MT and in the Comstook
(LSD-15)on the initialmovement. Upon arrivalthese pontoonswere
utilizedas landingdocks for smallboats,gas tanks,oil storageand
food lockers. A later shipmentof pontoonssteam cleanedand painted
whitewere utilizedthroughoutthe atollfor freshwater storage. Additionalpontoonspaintedred were shippedin for gasolineand dieselstorage
tanks.
In tie movementof troopsand equipmentof 1220thRevisional Rattalionto Eniwetok,the 3 LST’S and one CIMAV1,acoompaniedby one W,
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