iz ae plane guard, left their temporary stations close in to scawerd ef Enya and, with ESTES, joined the formation at sea. Ab 2300 HICHOLAS reported on etation as aircraft control ahip, and a half hour later, all ships were on station at a safe range from the shot barge, with exberked personnel keeping a wary bub hopeful eye on the weather, 6 Svente throughout the aight continued vithout a bitch CURTISS launched Kher weather balloon at 2280, Aircraft Ih. 1 of VR-29, on patrol, reported sighting « Japanese fishing boat ani & freighter, tab thelr loastion did not place thes in eny danger from fall-ouk, 4&% 0220, following a vecther briefing, the Task Force Commenter directed that all ships except 81.5 be moved south te a pesition $0 atles from the shot barge, with ESTES to open the ranges fanedistely after the shot. FO 1546 eb Rongurik wes elarted to have all her passengers en board ani be ready to get underway by peor, At 0300 ehips began their southward soveneth, the lest VR-27 patrol afreraft lanted ab Hwajalein, with no additional ecatacts repected,. The sea crea in the fali-cat peth was clear of itinerant eiipping, At O410 MOLALA reported that che was underway cat cf the expected fell-cut area with the crew af YAG 40 aboard, leaving TAQ 39 manned with « miniamm crow in a well-shielded lecstion': ays in control of the Ta@ 40 drone. SIOUX was not st Bikinf; during thie period Project 2.$a had cocmitted thesselves to particinate on MXCT&R rether than on UNION, Ry 0530 the ships hed comleted their move to the southward with CURTISS in an intermediate position to maintain URF commmications with ESTES and with the rensinder WLHO ef the task group. — MOLALA reported well elear of the danger cectar, 2