CS _ this time’(theyprogressed to the point where the major units were - anchored‘off Enyu Tsland ‘nsting for ‘the dast personnelto return oe ‘aboardship, wth APAGHE | and sion atsea to lay‘thei“fallout | . “busy pattern,ondRENSHAW,sr,ani‘coca vidithe a barge in tow proceedingto their”shotstations. At,1900 oxTF SEVEN directed that thetask!eroup sartde‘be delayed: at about"2000 Ward was ren = . ceived‘that ‘the“shot ‘had age been’‘postponed. Next day the ‘ships | " againreturnsdto‘thot minus ‘two‘dayPositions, On 21 March ‘ the minas onee day pattern‘was itartedagainsThis ‘tine the sortie “was coamplote¢exept,‘for Este and BATROK,whenanother two day - . - postponement,was,‘announced, ; Batpe’returned, to,‘the Tageod end‘resumed Se Me re their nims’ty.“aay status. “Postponenents continued,fron dey. to day, ; ome . vntil 2 Marek,wasdesignated.ag shot t dag, ‘This‘time“the winds were: . 5, Crp hes eg ae 7 sf a favorable,ot‘the shotvas fired.: oe“Ay ae >we Be Ga 28Yazch, ‘vith ‘the‘ease“born ar¢Lngpractice,task ~~ . ”Het an La PED s- group "ships ‘sortied ‘fron Biking,Tagoon, tor ROMEO. Thecaymishap . ‘ ©am “seo =. fonee ©, SRS u cocurred when cocora,withthe ey 9 in tow, in‘atteupting to take bs ae fhe THI“$34‘int‘tou,“touted theror towwire in her screv. To minim, « $2 ewansteal mize delay in sortie, jrv was ‘anchored, the EN was placed, along- side cocoPa and TAWAKONTI was directed to take COCOPA in tow. ‘Imme- “3 diately before this was accomplished COCOPA' succeeded in clearing her ; - screw sufficiently to permit operation and proceeded to sea with the r 4 7 . YFN in tow. “After return to port several turns of wire still wound la en the shaft were removed, —- ~ . ‘