via Wide Passage to assigned operating area. The YUMA with LCU's departed via Deen Entrance. The evacuation ships received evacuce personne] on board and departed fron the Atoll as scheduled. Some of these ships had missions in support of seientific projects and proceeded from the Atoll to their assigried project stations. Follewine the shot, and when no longer required on scientific vorofect stations, the shivs of the Task Group were assembled in assigned oreratine areas to remain at sea pending the detervinatdon of radiological hazards from fallout and subsequentestablishment of re-entry time, ‘iy search security patrols were discontinued at H minus 1 hour. One aireraft was dispatched on a special flight in the significant sector to the westward of the Atoll, to warn a British ship out of the danger area, The ship was in a position bearing 293°(True), 340 miles from Eniwetok and the plane's ETA was H minus 30 minutes, after which the plane returned to Kwajalein, The surface security patrol by the escort destroyers outside the lagoon was increased from 2 DDE's to 3 DIE's on M minus 4 and from 3 to 4& on M minus 2, The USS CARPENTER teft petrol at 1736 on M minus 1 on a Search and Rescue alert. On cancellation of this alert at 1949 this ship vroceeded to a rendezveus with the USS RENDOVA as escort and for plane guardduty during flieht operations of the carrier. The USS O'BANNON was diverted from patrol at 1700 on M minus 2 to plant, Dan Buoys for Scientific Project 5.ha » and to serve as a control vessel for Task Group 132.4 in flight refueling 101 BEST AVAILABLE COPY