I 1146 departed Eniwetok for Pearl Harbor on-4 April. 23 March - USS MENDER (ARSD-2)(LODR Le Sones, 18H) arrived | at Eninetok from Guan. She had been ordered in as replacement for uss GYPSY for the remainder of CASTLE operations due to GYPSY's urgent need for hull repairs, MINDER, after a brief indoctrination in the taske that would be required of her in support of Project 1.4, relieved GYPSY on 26 March and GYPSYdeparted for Kwajalein and Pearl Harbor. a "(29 March = USS SHEA (DU~30)(COR J. W. Reed, USN) and USS LST 1157 (LCDR :‘. Scott, Jr., USNR), arrived at Bikinifrom Pearl Harbor. ruarye LST 1157 haddeparted San Diego for Pearl Harbor on 16 FebSHEA was based at Pearl "Harbor. “These tio ships were a part of the forces assigned for. the Bureau of Ordnance's mining project. - uwnedes & 91 ‘