Grove, which transported some shot devices between Enewetak an Bikini as the Special Devices Transport Element, 7.3.9.0, and escort destfoyers, which served to screen this activity as Task Element 7.3.9.2. LST-551, both permanently assigned to the unit, also transporte vices under escort from Enewetak to Bikini. Otherwise, ST-762 and shot de- these tho LSTs, along with LST-1146 and the Terrell County (assigned to Task El pment 7.3.7.3), Carried passengers and freight between the two atolls The USNS Fred C. Ainsworth, a ship of the Military Sea Transportation Se vice with a civilian crew, was the other permanent member of the uni (MSTS) This ship provided housing and mess facilities for H&N personnel, TG 7.5, at Bikini. It also served as a radsafe center and decontamination facility, utilizing a barge moored alongside for these activities. Table 82 through 85 describe activities of each TU 7.3.9 ship during the shots f@r CASTLE. Typically, the LSTs remained at Enewetak for Bikini shots, nd at Bi- kini, the Ainsworth evacuated personnel from TG 7.5 and sortied|for its Bikini operating area. The ship returned to the lagoon only af er initial recovery operations had begun. The Ainsworth was slightly contaminated by BRAVO fallout on 1 March (Table 21). LST~-762 was also contaminated by YANKEE fallout wh: le under tow by LST-975 en route to Pearl Harbor. Two individuals in the unit recorded exposures slightly in 4 xcess of the MPE. One of them was a crewman on board LST-762, on board LST-551. the other a Crewman The LST-762 crewman was logged out from 25 F ruary to at least 8 March on emergency leave to Treasure Island, Califormia, and no reference is made to his returning. MPE waiver. Neither crewmember had recdived an No details have been found of any special mission signment undertaken by either crewmember to account for the high reading OTHER NAVAL UNITS IN THE PPG OR IN NEARBY WATERS DURING CASTLE Except for VR-7, no units in the following listing are repr the personnel exposures of the Consolidated List. 373 These units ented in re not