oF engine power available for ase in emergencies.
lovenent reparte
were made by Operational Immediate alassified message.
The Task Unit
Commander ani Commanding Officer of the transporting ship had the
usual instructions for jettisoning the device should circusstences
require it,
Sclentific persemel accompanied the device to tend it
end act in on aivisery capacity.
All device mvemmnts were caonpleted
in a satisfactory mmner,
LST a. Gungs
33.
During the opereticnal period the shortcomings of the LST ‘
beach at ininnan Islet, Bikini coatinned to present a mejor probles,
iwery LST that beached there during the operation - four vessels in
all - were used at varicas times ~ was damaged on this beach,
Deapite
the hasard involved the 15fs beached ani retracted at Eninsan 17 tines
betwosa 2% damary end the detonation of KOOM en 7 Apeil, moving over
6500 measurenent tons ef cargo between the two atalls.
34-230
There waa no remedy for the difficulties presemed by the
condition of tits beach,
The coral bottom with its unseitable gradi-
eww, the short pier, the strong winis froa the port ,uarter end the
amiesirable movement of sand and coral fragments on the lagoon bottom
by wave action end currents were a combination that could only be en=
dured out of operational necessity, nat corrected. The chanze in the
shot schedule that acved KX ahead to 7 april in effect solved the
problem, a least as far as Cpersticn CASTLE was concerned.
The snot,
fired on the western end of Eninam near the LST landing, obliterated
the pict end eliminated any further need for beaching oa the island.
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