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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.

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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

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