iw 12, ‘The YANKRS sortie was coniusted without antowand incident, bat on a delayod basis, By 1830 4 May all ships except ESTAS ware at wea axi on their chot time stations. ESTES was anchored off Bnyt snaiting the arrival of the LGis carrying the firing party fron the shot barge. They were experiencing difficultica with the firing eireait to ESTES and delayed thelr departure to rempdy:the treable. MOLALA was in position to the northeast of the atoll with the two Ya0s, preparing te debark the YaQ 40 crow ent lezve Yad 39 manned and in control, YWA-29 aircraft were airborne ani carrying owt the pre-chot search plan. Ry 193 the firing party was aboard ESTES, the Ldts moored to buoys off Enye ani thelr crows picked up. 4STES* selling wee still delayed while work continued onthe Cring ciresits at 2100 she was underway, ani left the lagoun. Ry side might ell patrol eireraft bed lenied al Kwajalein, reporting the search soctor clear of mipping. At C140 two C-97s, ordered to ¥7-29 fee 0 epeciel fall-oub raft leying project for the 422, tock off at Kwajalein, About an hour later CITF SEVEN requested that ehina move out to 5¢ alles from the detonation point, with a change of bearing to the westward, except for ESTES, who was to remain in her essigned station and acve after the shot. NICHOLAS, acting es aircreft control ship 50 ailes from Bikini and slightly sorth ef west, was anicted south to a westerly besring end xcred cat to a rence cf 90 alles. s& 0330 the YAGQ debarkation was completed ani KOLALA headed south te jain the tesk group. queen Meese =a The formation stoancd 1% e =“