Vidi There the equipagnt was moved to the beach, loaded in the L@s which were in turn loaded in BOLLE GAGVS's well, and returned to mniwetok for decontamination and further chipment. Holleup of the other three weether stations, at Majure, Nusaie and Ponape, was eccexplished by LST 552 enroute to Pearl Harber. The LST beached at these etolls with- owt, difficulty. SBE 4. eperation. The fask Group 7.3 roll-up was largely a self-conteined The only materiel loft in the forward area was the under waber detection installation at mnimetok. The unterwater aysten and hydrophanes were left in places equipment above water was acthballed and left in carctaker status, Underwater Detection Unit supplies and spare parts were loaded im BELLE GROVE with the Soak Pook equinnent, Special equipment thet had been instelled in ships ‘in the forward ares, including much voice radic equipmont that bad been loaned te the Navy by ether task groups or installed in ships far use by scientifie or base facility's personnal, was rencved and returned to its cmnere before ships left the ares, Special ejuipment instalietions that had been made in naval shipyards pricr to CASTLE, including the extensive comuuniestion installation in ESTES, were scheduled for re- moval when ships reached their hone yards, The only ship to reteia her special equipment was GETISS, since she wes already slated for exploymert in Operation HIGHAM, Shige were instructed to rezove their BUSH IPS designed washdoxen gear, recomlition it, survey unusable articles wae 242