ir : _ At 0330 thePer ¢ (zo0R W.R. ‘AEN, vst) assigned to, Project ‘1.4 took - off fromatuadtesp. f At 0505 all ships reported on station , Mg 8 Rswt,Re ae " omensP 12Ffnleg rete ron t® . . él at hype “5 "except MOLALA, at 0510 MOLALA had teken all YAG persone} aboard a 7 and was preparing‘to turn over control of the drone ship to the P2V5. At 0520 vP-29 reported altpatrol eirecraft on. the pound at. 7 Kwajalein. ‘By 0525 MOLATA, vith mas personel aboard, was proceed an -. oa “awit of, ing south,“out of the downieind danger area. ‘She was‘then over 40 sth, mw! + -~ sO inilesfrom ‘theshot citeand on a safe bearing, and\was “reporting, o ber position, course an speed ‘each half hour's At (0550oTG73 7 reported to orrrsever that allships, coxent MOLALA, *were on station. ae , | andshat wl was clear: > wee envn = ., > : . feetPte oe A: * oe, ws . -«e = -~ ‘10. Shorty.after500, amr seve authorized the ‘movement wae “ * ° tS s “ ito fe ss - ‘ninoe amite£0nev.stations at any tine,and of BATROND,ESTES a x S * cupniss “after‘Bhour | plus ‘thirty,iinutes, These wircinitswar$6 to:wn OTE gt atoTeegets eseary me all : aa “et OT:we. be,‘madeat‘theTaskGroup Commander's discretion, with ESTESae ‘quiredte“Fenataonberassignedbearitigbut pernittted to move out fee ge S te’a ‘tatance,bot to‘oxeeea 50 miles.“afterconsideration ofthe a ns ” _predtoted,winds, at was decided to, reorient some of the snaller ani: slower ships to> guard ag nst the possibility of radioactive fell_ “4 |. i4 } her tow,were2 directed to open their Tange from Bild, and began moving to new positions fifteen to twenty niles south of their original shot time stations. At 0645, as MOLAIA reported vell ‘clear of the fallout area and ‘COCOPA reported on station, BRAVO was ? we ae a: | . . hay ape se I out in their areas. »* 0600 APACHE, SIOUX, cYPSY and COcoPA, with ‘a pated, Sone three minutes later the shock wave passed the formatio