Figure 68.
USS Nicholas (DDE-449) crewman holding sick rat
Rongerik after CASTLE, BRAVO.
Rongerik was manned only intermittently during the shot periods
lowing these surveys.
TG 7.4 personnel were flown to the island on
[fol12,
the
same day.
per-
On 12 April a Navy patrol boat (PC-1546) carrying weather
sonnel anchored in the lagoon.
All personnel were housed on the bo
=e
19, and 26 March to make daylight weather soundings and were removed
weather personnel went ashore to make weather observations and operake
Project 6.6 instrumentation, but only for short periods.
boat, its crew, and its passengers departed.
On 7 May
On 14 May a rollup teafp
the
vis-
ited the island.
234
gal