A aids, Sven before the first shot of the serles two buoys were alesing, presumably due to the hich winds and rough seas thet prevailed af Bikini, Thereafter, wind, weather and the blast and weter wave effect of the shots severely criprled the bucyage system and eliminated amy of the shore structures that ships hed bcen using for landmarks, The blast emi water waves followia;: shots kad no apprecieable effeet on unlipited bucys st all dietant from the sero point, but deranged meny of the lighted buoy sechaniems even at relatively great distances - froa the detonsticn, Lighted buoys close to the shote usually bad“ their upper stractures blow aay, and often sank several days efter the demace was received, presuetbly from slow leaks, The lack of lighted bucys aade aight moverents in the lagoon and throagh the entrances particularly hasardeus, For this reason nicht sovensuts were held to an absolute ainimum, The absence of good landmarks mais offehore nevigetion difficult. 5S. 3 There was no arrancesey. for repair or replecexent of buoys by the Coast Quard as the cparstion progressed, nor was there a supply of replacenent bucys availzble. Linited repairs vere undertaken by BAIZORD, CURTISS and the Best Fool under the Bikini Harbor Unit, using busys recovered after they sank ocr went adrift. “hen nicht sove= ments were planned as they were in sorties for some of the later ehote at Bikini, seadrose marker lights were placed on esreential C o~ but inoperative lighted buoys.