significant period of time, the ship arrived 6 hours late at Eniwetok,. As confirmation of the violence of the ship's motion the heavy steel “A" frame supporting the boom of the 30 ton crane was apparently bent and broken. In addition, the heavy stee] channel iron box frame which was bolted to the deck and to the boom was so badly battered that it was bent “about a foot" in the middle. Should that boom have broken loose, it would have presented a very serious emergency. The Department of Energy representatives, as usual, were quartered behind the bridge, in an area much less affected by this type of pounding from the pitching of the hull running into head seas. Of even more concern to me is the fact that a pregnant Marshallese lady, who was overdue, was allowed to come aboard the vessel during that violent passage. I assume that permission for her transport as a passenger was given by the DOE leader. I have personal experience with the difficulties and the dangers of delivering a child at sea, (See my trip report of a year ago.) On that occasion, we transported a pregnant lady who was toxemic (this is a bona fide obstetrical emergency that threatens the life of the mother and the child, usually within hours). This was done as a calculated risk. We had aboard the ship a certified obstetrician and we were running with the waves in moderate seas. Nevertheless, most of the medical staff including the OB specialist and the nurse were so seasick they were essentially nonfunctional. John Iaman, the Marshallese physician, delivered the baby and then became seasick himself. Thereafter, I sat with the patient, checking for postpartum hemorrhage, luckily no complications ensued, The decision to subject this Ujelang patient to the violence of the return trip to Eniwetok was in my medical judgment a much greater risk than if she had remained at Ujelang,. I understand the health aide was with her, as was her husband, but the graphic description of the violence of the ships movements given by Mr, Greenhouse