aes ¥ . Ix was expected to ramain uninhabitable for seversl monthe. Gyoa her arrival et Knajalein LS? 1157 reported to comaander, Navel Station Awajalein to return the Utirik natives to their homes and transport the Roayelap osatives to thelr new atoll. 9. On 16 ay BAIRUKO completed loading her YC~3 detachnant, the 2ir Force fighter planes, helicopters and L-l3s, ani with 7 eahin ari 46 troop class passengers, considerable Air Force cargo ani TCG ToL trailers aboard, oatled for San Diego. On 17 May LST 552 departed for Fearl Harbor via 'usaie, yenape ami Kajuro, where she rolled up. the JTF SEVEX weather stations, Valdand. From Posrl 4arbor she was routed te Ab Oskland she offload:d weather et-tion personnel md eat, then sailed for Sen Diego, the Panama Canal, Norfolk and her return te the sSlantic Fleet. | 10. On 18 Kay BELLE GIOVE took ber departure. After YANKEE she had rerained at Bikini «ith the Boet Pool antil operations there were very nearly rolled up, : 12 May she turned the Bost Fool orem to L°T 1157 temporarily, loaded 2 LCUs, and cargo for Holmes end Rarver afd oroceeded to Eniwetok, Arriving there en the 3th. she affleaded her cargo, took aboard an additional LCV rlus a oxterpiilar tractor, crane end trusk and is ft for Rongerik to rollup the weather station and ionospheric observatios equipment there, She returned to Eniwetok on the 6th, of May, offloaded ihe Uongerik eyuipsent, teck sboard the Boat Fool boats, cesar end perzonnel] at both Bikini and Enisetok, the Underdater cetection Unit eoui;weat nct left in place or in caretaker quam 249 i