Sa ° i dered to return to buse where the last ons landed est O22, At daylight 8I9UX and EEPESOH commenced to search for fall-out buoys, to be joined later by TAXAKONI when she had returned the “hot* drone ship, YAG 40, to her mooring in the lagom. other unite re-entered and anchored. At daylight CTd 7.3 and hie partial staff returned to the CURTISS ab Bikini, where prepsrstions for TANKES were continuing. It wes now 39 April end YANKER was scheduled to be ready on 5 Hay. 11. G3 Hay a third sortie fer NECTAR was carried oct. This time SSTES was required at Bikini for tests in comection mith i readying YANKEZ, so CTG 7.3 set up a temporary commend post ashore on Parry Idland. Two of ESTESair controllers were trensferred te the 07.4 AOC on Eniwetok Ialend to eseist in control of the T0704 aircraft from that point rather then ESTES. 08S 150 was still in the area, and had been joined by two ether itinerents, USS AREQUIPA (AF-SL) and USS NAVASOTA (A0-106). ‘These; coupled with LSY $51, were considered capable of carrying out the easrgency evacu= ation of Eniwetok should it becomes necessary. No fall-out buoys were Leddy Project 2.50 hed exhausted ite supply on the two previous RECTAR atteantes and effarte to recover the buays had act been supeesful., The ships departed tie Lagoon by 2000 and prececied to thelr ahcot time stations, except EPPERSON who tock up her patrol of Wide Satrance, Patrol aircraft searches were axierway. At 2100 it was learned that two Liis, named by naval persenne] sttached to T2 7.2 ant onder contro] of the Army Task Group, sere cissing, ~ am a2 o> a Li 46 had