oF engine power available for ase in emergencies. lovenent reparte were made by Operational Immediate alassified message. The Task Unit Commander ani Commanding Officer of the transporting ship had the usual instructions for jettisoning the device should circusstences require it, Sclentific persemel accompanied the device to tend it end act in on aivisery capacity. All device mvemmnts were caonpleted in a satisfactory mmner, LST a. Gungs 33. During the opereticnal period the shortcomings of the LST ‘ beach at ininnan Islet, Bikini coatinned to present a mejor probles, iwery LST that beached there during the operation - four vessels in all - were used at varicas times ~ was damaged on this beach, Deapite the hasard involved the 15fs beached ani retracted at Eninsan 17 tines betwosa 2% damary end the detonation of KOOM en 7 Apeil, moving over 6500 measurenent tons ef cargo between the two atalls. 34-230 There waa no remedy for the difficulties presemed by the condition of tits beach, The coral bottom with its unseitable gradi- eww, the short pier, the strong winis froa the port ,uarter end the amiesirable movement of sand and coral fragments on the lagoon bottom by wave action end currents were a combination that could only be en= dured out of operational necessity, nat corrected. The chanze in the shot schedule that acved KX ahead to 7 april in effect solved the problem, a least as far as Cpersticn CASTLE was concerned. The snot, fired on the western end of Eninam near the LST landing, obliterated the pict end eliminated any further need for beaching oa the island. AeWSno