(5)
All ships (except Offshore Patrol) are returned
to anchorage within the lagoon.
be
Following test day.
(1)
When circumstances permit, return all patrol
planes from Kwajalein to Eniwetok.
(2)
.
Reduce offshore patrol to a specified number
less than maximum.
(3)
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Assist TG .7.1 personnel in recovering samples
as radeafe conditions permit.
The above outlined procedure was cerried out, or simulated,
as appropriate, for the rehearsal on 8 April and all phases. were
executed successfully.
On 15 April, test X-RAY was carried out, using
the same procedure as on rehearsal day.
12.
YOKE Day for the second test firing was designated as
30 April.
It was again decided to leave the 4 major vessels
(MT. MCKINLEY, CURTISS, ALBEMARLE, BAIROKO), plus the plane guard
destroyer escort (SPANGLER), at the anchorages previously assigned
off Parry Island (about 12.5 miles from Zero tower).
The details
of implementati were similar to those outlined for X-RAY Day test.
. Zero Island was AOMON-BIIJIRI Island, and all ship movements, boating, special channels for AVR and recovery parties, were shifted to
AOMON-BIIJIRI Island.
On YOKE minus two day, weather predictims
were not favorable and YOKE day was redesignated as 1 May 1948.
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