Links for info on the Mulberry harbors.
http://www.combinedops.com/Mulberry Harbours.htm
A general history. It does have some inaccuracies. The statement that " ..Mulberry A was never used again..." after the June storm is flat out wrong. One floating roadway and its pier head/s were restored and in use the week after the storm. That was part of the material sent to the Mulberry B at the end of June. anoterh sentence in that paragraph "..Such was their success that on occasions they exceeded the impressive performance achieved at Mulberry B." is a bit misleading, hyperbole if you will. The careful reader will spot some contradictions in the text as well. Still it is a good overview even if one has to be careful quoting from it.
Thanks for that. Some interesting ideas but as you say a bit scattered on info and also unclear on dates. It mentioned initial thoughts before meeting the Americans at Quebec but the Quebec Conference [presuming that's what they mean] wasn't until Aug 43 according to Wiki. That's far too late for initial thoughts on the project even for a 44 invasion. Therefore I'm assuming that the incident occurred at an earlier point some time in 42.
Possibly, apart from the bias because its a US report, it only really discussed the US problems because the still functioning Mulberry B was meeting British needs?Some bits in here:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/comnaveu/comnaveu_index.htm
Background material, shows how the logistics situation fell apart and how it was partially restored. Rupppenthal addresses specific questions here & as complete as this account is it still leaves out 2/3 the critical items. ie: it only addresses US Army logistics, nothing on the Brits.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Logistics2/USA-E-Logistics2-3.html