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31 July 0702 0745 0804-0810 0814 0825 0845-0903 0920 0926 0945-0949 0949 1000-1008 1008 1015-1035 1050-1056 1056 1104-1111 1223 2 August 3 August 0830 0843-0940 0952-1000 1007-1045 1140
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14 August 0752
Underway to vicinity of Kenneth Whitinq. Standing off Kenneth Uhltinq to receive radiological party. thenunderway for target ships. Standing bytarget ship USS Gasconade (APA-85). Underway for target ship USS Catron (APA71). Returned instruments from Catron. Alongside target ship USS Brule (APA-66). Arrived at Kenneth Whitinq and USS Haven (AH-12) to pick up Geiger monitorwho had received maximum amount of radioactivity. Underway for.-B Alongside B U . Underway for target ship USS Dawson (APA79). Alongside Dawson to pick up instruments. Underway for target ship USS Crittenden (APA-77). Alongside Crittenden. Standing by Kenneth whiting to pick up instruments. Underway to Haven to pick up Geiger moni tor. for Standing by Haven, thenunderway berth. Anchored in berth J. Bikini.
0810-0840 0840 0850 1240 19 August 0937 1157
21 August 0855 1024 22 August 0815-1120 1120 23 August 0630 1215 1500
Underway to target ship USS Geneva (APA86) to take APL-27 in tw. Stood off APL-27. Underway for berth. Anchored in berth 50. Anchored 350 yards (320 meters) south of berth 53. Anchored near Wilson. Underway with Wilsonin tow. steering out of the lagoon toward Kwajaleln Atoll. Anchored Wilson at Kwajalein Atoll. Anchored at Kwajalein Atoll. Assisted USS Preserver (ARS-8) in t w i n g Nevada. Departed Kwajalein Atoll for Bikini Atoll. Anchored in berth 92, Bikini Atoll. Underway to take target ship USS Wainwriqht (DD-419) in tow for Kwajalein. Departed Biklni Atollfor Kwajalein Atoll with Wainwriqht intw.
Shifted to anchorage south of berth 379. 25 August 0550 Steamed around Gasconade taking monitor readings. Washed down Gasconade. Alongside target ship USS Briscoe (APA65). Resumed washdown procedures. Anchored south of berth 379.
0820 1206 26 August 0650 1243
ArrivedKwajaleinAtollandbegan anchor Wainwriqht. Underway from Wainwriqht. Left for Bikini Atoll.
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Arrived Bikini Atoll. Took target ship USS Huqhes (DD-410) in
tw. 6 August 1010
1110 1235-1430 1430-1500 I537 7 August 0802 0920-1050 1205-1325 1327-1345 1401 1632 1644
1252 A working party of one officer and six enlisted men from target ship USS Stack (DD-406) came aboard to assist in its decontamination. Anchored off Stack. Washed down S t a c k with decontamination compound, Geiger monitors took readings of Anchored south of berth 379.
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Underway for target ship USS Wilson (DD408). Washed down Wilson. Washed down Wilson. Ceiger monitors took readings of Wilson. Underway for.-H Disembarked monitor toHaven. Anchored in berth 52, Bikini Atoll.
28 August
1215 29 August 0606 1 September 1345 3 September
0858 8 September
Left Bikini Atoll with Huqhesin t w . Arrived at Kwajalein Atoll and anchored Huqhes , Left for Bikini Atoll. Anchored in berth 188,'Bikini Atoll. Left BikiniAtoll for KwajaleinAtoll towing LCI-327 and LCI-332. Arrived Kwajalein and anchored LCI-327 and LCI-332. Anchored in berth A. Departed for Pearl Harbor with YF-733 in
tw. 19 September Arrived at Pearl Harbor.
9 August
Shifted to berth50.
10 August
Underway for Pensacola. 1045 1100-1 107 Stood by Pensacola. Underway to sink rafts. 1107 1245 Anchored alongside rafts. 1345 Underway for USS Benevolence (AH-13). 1430 Underway for USS Wharton (AP-7). 1435-1456 Stood by Wharton to transfer a passenger and fight fires on small boat. 1515 Anchored in berth 50.
ATA- 185 Crew S l z e : 4 3 B l k l nAl t o lAl r r l w a l B
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25 June 5 September 1946 B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : Shot ABLE L o c a t l o nA: p p r o x l m a t e l y 27 nml ( 5 0 km) E Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n1: 8 nml (33 km) ESE D e c o n t a m l n a t l oLno c a t l o n : $an Dlego 1 3 December 1946 O p e r a t l o n aCl l e a r a n c e : F l n aCl l e a r a n c e1:J8a n u a r1y9 4 7
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