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 USS Briscoe ( A P A - 6 5 ) 25 J u l y 21 July 1355-1440

29 July 0952 1455-1504 1510 1602

USS Brule ( A P A - 6 6 )

Last-minute personnel from Briscoe departed Rockbridqe to join the crew on Bayf ield.

the purpose of hoisting the starboard anchor and slipping the stern anchor. 1330-1410 USS Suncock (AN-80) alongside to take up the anchor. BKiSCOe topside average 0.1 R/24 hours (Reference 1). Rock1600 Special boarding detail returned to wall.

Briscoe had a 30-minute tolerance level (Reference 6, p. I-39-B). (NMRS) 11AugustSomecrewmemberstransferredtoother NavalMedlcalResearchService team boarded Briscoe to remove instruunits. ments and anlmals. 18 AugustMajorityofremainlngcrewtransferred Briscoe Geiger sour. All animals recovt o remanned target shipUSS Niaqara (APAered. Average Geiger readings on main 81). deck 30 R/24 hours. All animals, instruments, and NMRS personnel returned to USS Burleson (APA-67). 20 August in tow by USS Deliver (ARS-23) for 1330 Taken Kwajaleln. A €our-man anchor detail from ATA-185 recovered instruments from Briscoe boarded Deliver. Coe. 22AugustAnchoredatKwajalein.Four-mananchor detail returned to Niaqara. USS Conserver (ARS-39) washed downB B with saltwater. 30 September Topside average 0.40 R/24 hours (Reference 7 ). Conserver sprayed mechanical and chemical foams on Briscoe. Conserver sprayed mechanical and chemical USS ERULE (APA-66) foams on Briscoe (Reference 1 . Conserver).

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Current (ARS-22) washed down Briscoe; B l k l n lA t o l lA r r l v a l :B e f o r e 30 June 1946 boarding team on board €or 3 minutes. Blklnl A t o lDl e p a r t u r e : 28 August 1946 Crew L o c a t l o nf o r Shot A B L E : U S S Bexar ( A P A - 2 3 7 ) After a3-hourhosing,Brlscoe still Geiger sour. Spot reading from frame 100. Crew l o c a t l o nf o rS h o t BAKER: Bexar upper deck, was4 to 5 R/24 hours. Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n : 1,005 yards ( 9 1 9 m e t e r s ) SE Shot B A K E R L o c a t l o n : 867 y a r d s (793 m e t e r s ) NU Members from Current boarded Brlscoe for Sunk 1 1H a y1 9 4 8n e a rK w a j a l e l nA t o l l 64 minutes for an inspection (Reference Task U n l ta n dF u n c t l o n 1 . Current). ,&B an attack transport. was a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated for both shots. It served in Transportation Divjsion91 of Transferredcrewandofficersto TU 1.2.6 (Merchant Type Unit). Rockwall (APA-230). ATA-180 underway to Briscoe. ATA-180 alongside Briscoe (Reference 1, Shot ABLE ( 1 J u l y, 0900) ATA-180). 30 June All personnel evacuated t o Be@?. 1200 Commanding officer and inspection party ofDSMpersonneland 14 crewmembers 2 July B 3 declaredGelgersweet. boarded the ship for a survey of damage 1042 A and B beganreturningtoship 1518Teams and material conditions. and took soundings. Commanding officer and inspection party 1620Theshipwaspronouncedfreeofradioleft the ship: remained on board between activity. 20 minutes and1 hour. USS

4JulyEntlrecrewhadreboarded. Four-man boarding party came on to take draftandsoundingswithonemonftor accompanying the boarding party. Boarding party left the ship.

13 July 1255 An F6F airplane was brought on board. Shot BAKER ( 2 5 J u l y ,0 8 3 5 )

15 August 0150

1120

16 August 1200

Cornanding officer and 22-man boarding party reboarded and inspected the ship in company with E M representatives and radsafe monitors. Reboarding and jnspectlng party returned to Rockwall. having operated emergency diesel fire pumps. Comnanding officer with tadsafe monitor and 8 crewmembers reboarded Briscoe for

24 July 1025

All personnel vere aboard

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25 July Sustained only minor physical damage from BAKER.but it receivedaconsiderable amount of radiological contamination. 29JulyRadiologicalreadingsindicatednochange in B a ' s condition; i t was assigned a one-half hour radiological tolerance