= ix was expected to remain uninhabitable for seversl sonthe. Upon her arrival e& Kvejalein LST 1157 reported to Ccomender, Havsl Station Kwajalein to return the Utirik natives to their hones and transport the Rongelap oatives te their new atoll. Je On 16 Hay BAIRUKO completed loading her VC~3 detachnant, the air Force fighter planes, helicopters and l-l3s, ati with 7 eshin ari 46 troop class passeagers, considerable Air Force cargo ant $0 Jol trailers aboard, oatled for San Diego. On 17 Key LST $51 departed” for Fear] Harbor via 'usaie, Fenape ami HKajuro, where she rolled up ‘ the JTF SEVEN weather stations, From Posrl Yarbor she was routed to Veldand, Ab Oskeland she offleaded weather et-tion personnel md gear, then sailed for Sen Diego, the Panama Canal, Norfolk and her return te the stlantie Fleet. . 10. | On 18 May BELLE GROVE took her departure. After YASIXE ehe had rermined at Hikini with the Boet fool antil operations there Were very nearly rolled up. On 12 May she turned the Bost Fool over to L°T 1157 temporarily, leaied 2 LCUs, ani cargo for Holmcs end Earver and proceeded to Eniwetok, arriving there on the 13th. she offleaded her cargo, took aboard an additional LCU plus a ozterpillar tractor, crane end truck and bf for Rongerik to rollup the resther station and ionospheric observation equipment there, ‘She returned to Eniwetok on the 6th, of Hay, offloaded (he Uongerik equipment, teck shoard the Bost Fool boats, gevr end peracnne] at both Bikini ant Eninetok, the Underwater Detection Unit oeuipaweat act left in place or in caretaker : qua ome i. 269 qo