‘ ~ re. ° ~ . Ir a te 2 “without aeffect, , “7. ue at 0655,the Fare departed her shot station for Euivetok. . At onsTANAKONT ‘Froceeded vest from her station to join NoLALA, to . Ls transforthe us 40 crew and assist in recovering the YAGs. BATROXD, ESTES‘and unriss,Fenained onttheir shot time stations, to facilitate ee . scheduled ‘eldcopter operations and to ‘keep in eommnieation with the firing party in thieTaya bunker. At 0725, ‘upon orders of OoTF ‘SEVER, BATROKO Taunched a helicopter with six airstrip opera- . _Hons pereomel.aaboard bout, for EninmnIsland to man essential . . - > ty * + ws . ‘ . airstrip,stations,, and vas‘prepared to Jsunch other helicopters. _— a see ta .2 ‘Five minutes later“the eirorartims,‘recalled, ‘pon advice from.“ eon, rae wetoe AL teas. ° a oTG 741.‘that.the island was“probably heavily,contaminated. ‘Mean oe ! aos re igsg lf atte ‘the Pav‘was“hieing’.attriculty maintainingcontrol of,the. mies . 23 . rete okt eee 6TeTee”2 aewrieRet wc ge Tet | - - LO te “mae craft since his ‘antenna.‘had carried any.“Be Tadnotyet ~-, a7, “> > . iY, Leet ge ee* z Aree wt. : + eoHe, its ete Be z wees LT, succeeded in“turning” on the:washdown ‘system,on YAG 39. Freperaticns:= = «TNEof *ak x, tobe a Aa. it 78s aw ae Pathe ~~ & « wey“7 oe wee etex a"were made_on BATROKO,0Jauncha helicopter¢ ‘equipped for radio. e TL Eeee DAP LE Rae “ "gontrotof the drones,butat O73 Oot SEVEN directed that ‘atnot”me ‘a.yo : ° . “3ae a ols . - te ae ‘be“aaumehed.wrePee E a . Pace ” a a abt’ “en Moe“yet ‘t . “3: . 7 7S 33 NTR CE ST ay - JF, roa, -.. Ag . a Up to 2 ataphat operations were; normal, andas expected. 7 However,at about 0800, OJTF SEVEN advisedthet all’ major unitsopen ' tod , toa 50 mile range to avoid radioactive fallout. About this time, ships! damage control parties began to report considerable radio- .a ‘active contamination on deck, All ships were directed by cTG 7.3 q to proceed south at best speed to a fifty mile range, to activate 7” : thd to use maximum damage control measures. 244