which was in the vicinity of Kusaie Atoll, the remaining ships were at or near Enewetak. Thosein the vicinity of the Bikini were: AINSWORTH BELLE GROVE GYPSY APACHE CURTISS PHILIP BAIROKO ESTES SIOUX They remained in their assigned areas until about 0800 hours when the first onset of fallout occurred. By 0815 hours all were proceeding southward with their washdown systems activated. The southward movement was terminated about 1000 hours and the ships began moving northward again to resume their assigned stations. Shortly after noon, a second period of fallout deposition began. The affected ships again activated their washdown systems and maneuvered at various courses and speeds to enhance its effectiveness. Some ships reported encountering intermittent periods of fallout later during the afternoon in the Bikini area. Others enroute to Enewetak encountered fallout between 2200 hours, | March and 0100 hours, 2 March. These were the AINSWORTH, BAIROKO, CURTISS, and ESTES, which had begun their movement to Enewetak between 1700 and 1900 hours when it became evident that, due to the severity of the contamination in the lagoon, they could not reenter the lagoon as planned. The SIOUX proceeded to retrieve buoys in support of Project 2.5a, and moved generally north and west of Bikini Atoll. The other ships in the Bikini area appear to have remained generally on station. ~ At the time of Shot BRAVO, the EPPERSON, LST-551, LST-762, LST-825 and the RENSHAW werein the vicinity of Enewetak Atoll. The EPPERSON was patrolling close to the atoll while the RENSHAW was midway between Enewetak and Bikini. The LST-551 was about 30 miles west of Enewetak and the LST-762 and LST-825 were beached or anchored off Parry Island the whole day. About 2100 hours the RENSHAW began to patrol the area close offshore of Enewetak Atoll. Between 1800-2300 hours, the residence islands of Enewetak (Enewetak and Parry Islands) recorded a period of fallout deposition. 19