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APL-27

Anchored In new berth.

2 August 0723

Underway to shift berths. Anchored in new berth. Underway to shift berth. Anchored in berth 313, Bikini. Underway to take deep-water soundings at various points in the atoll. Laying to while conducting oceanographic tests in position ll032'N: 165030'E. Laying to while conducting oceanographic tests in position ll032'N: 165031'E. Laying to while conducting oceangraphic tests. Completed tests, proceeding on various courses to 11032'N. 165032'E. Anchored at llo32'N: 165032'E for oceanographic tests. Underway to llo32'N: 165031'E. Anchored in BikiniAtolltoconduct oceanographic tests. Underway to radiological station 5. Anchored at station 5, Bikini Atoll. to conduct radiological tests. Completed cadlological tests, made all preparations for getting underway. Underway to berth 369. Anchored in berth 369. Bikini.

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Underway to go alongside USS Dixie (AD4). Moored starboard side to D m in berth 191, Bikini. Underway from alongside berth in 191. proceeding to berth G. Anchored in berth G. Bikini. G. Bikini.to go Underwayfromberth alongside Moored starboard side to Dixie in berth 363. Bikini.

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Underway standing out of harbor to join USSHoale(DD-6931 foroffset firing practice off Eneu Island. Anchored in berth 147E. Bikini. Underwayfromanchorageberth147Eto fuel ship at berth 324. bored starboard side to Enoreein berth 324, Bikini. for refueling. Underway from Enoree to berth 147E. Anchored in berth 147E. Bikini.

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0750 Underway to investigate oil slick about 11°40'N. 165O28.5'E. Laying to in oil slick. testing sample of water for radioactivity. Sample of water showed80 times tolerance (8.0 R/24 hours). Leaving oil slick. Underway to entrance of Bikini Atoll. Anchored In berth 360. Bikini. Underway proceeding to berth 314N. Anchored in berth 314N. Bikini. Underway to shift berths due to radioactivity in excess of tolerance and to avoid excessive exposure to radiological activity.

Underwav from berth 147E. Bikini. to loin Lnqrahakt. Huntinqton. Laffey, -and USSLowry(DD-770)toconductfiring runs. en route from Bikini to Pearl Har-

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Arrived Pearl Harbor. USS ANDERSON (DD-411)

Crew S l z e1:0 5 BlklnA l tolA l r r l v a l :B e f o r e Cr e u L o c a t l o nf o S r hot ABLE:

30 June 194b USS Rockbrldqe(APA-33) USS B a y f l e l d( A P A - 2 2 8 ) BAKER: USS Alax(AR-6) Cr ew L o c a t l o nf o Sr h o t 1 8 6B, l k l nAl n c h o r a g e , Shot ABLE L o c a t l o nB: e r t h 750yards (695 meters) S, l k l nA l toll Sunk 1 J u l y1 9 4 b B

Anchored in berth 3531, Bikini. Task U n l t and F u n c t l o n underway to stand out of harbor. The destroyer Anderson was a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was transferred before ABLE Anchored in berth 381. Bikini. Underway to shift berths. and was never returned. I t served in Destroyer Division 1 in TU 1.2.3 (Destroyer Unit). Anderson Anchored in berth D. Bikini. Five militaryand civilian personnel diswas instrumented with microphones on its deck to embarked by verbalauthorityofthe pick up the sound of the explosions. Radiological Safety Section, CJTF 1. Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y 0, 9 0 0 )

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Underway proceeding to Kwajaleln Atoll. Anchored in berth K-16. Kwajalein. Underway from berth K'16, Kwajalein, to Bikini Atoll.

Anderson'screwwastransportedtotheabove-noted ships, which were in area Harmon (21 mi [39 km] east) of ABLE shot site. Shot ABLE sank Anderson. Diving operations were conductedlater to examine the ship.

Moored starboard side to USS Chikaskia (AO-54) in berth 250 for refueling. Underway Prom alongside Chikaskia proceeding to berth 147. Anchoredbetweenberth147Uand145, Bikini.

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