v. - �� the LSTs fully employed during theported be'twoen shots. Be ce 5pri1954,‘the shot aay itnas«one ‘Procedure comienced. Boats made their “tagetreyto the islands, delivered their passengers “Sis weet “DR ELS fe to their ‘ansiguedships, and then were Joaded inBELIE GROVE, or lett “eta sey anchored ormoored off, Enyu. The,sortie beganat noon. By 1400 an ships except ELIE CROVE had’cleared‘the_Jagecn, ant she was underways ; By 1600 the device had been armed, BATHOKO'‘neldcepters were all aboard, and the ships wereon‘thes,‘evacuation stations. SEL and Ist 157. . , -~ © aS _ arrived from Enivetok‘and Joined the formation at sea to view their : tirst ‘shotandbe prepared‘to commence“layiag, the Project 3.4 mine : . pattern as"soon ‘as Kodi vas detonated.cat igo9 all“shipsevacuation stationswereshifted200‘toward“the’‘south,‘and. their distances fron | ground seroopened by 2‘niles. |Shorty‘before’‘mlanight the last 29 or Se hat . ‘or|‘the’fivesifieattmattingtheday's‘search, tio reportedno0 contact~ ~ oan “8 2 atroraftreported‘completionof his search and‘arrival at ungadeing }. very wat tt Lo _ ote te . at oe wee ‘the |other‘threebad,atecovered ‘tuo ‘Japanesefiehingboats one, ataetoh aistance of 330niles,‘the’ other"510nites AGrtheast of bikint,’near,” ‘ye . theedgeof,the Danger“ven,at at thenortheastern‘end of‘the,downind” . danger sector, “The”preaence of these craft was, reparted to OTF SEVEN. No ‘significant fallout was Likely to occur so far from Bikini, and the boats were on courses that, if maintained, would place them in even safer positions before shot time, 29. Shortly before 0200 CJTF SEVEN announced postponenent of KOCN for twenty-four hours to await a predicted wind change that would be more ffavorable . we