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 USS Brule ( A P A - 6 6 ) 29 J u l y

USS

Shot BAKER ( 2 5J u l y ,0 8 3 5 )

level. BruA crewmembers remained aboard &X. 12 August

Personnel began being transferred from &B to other units.

13 August

-B was inspected by a party from Wharton (AP-7) (Reference 8): due to the low readings the Inspection was brief.

23 August 28 August

Topside average 2.7 R/24 hours (Reference 7).

24 July 1644

Left Bikini Lagoon €or area Graham.

25 July 1253

Anchored in berth Uncle, Bikini Atoll.

26 July 1600 28 July 1410

Personnel transfers completed;B U decommissioned. Departed Bikini Atoll €or Kwajalein Atoll in tow by USS Chowanoc (ATF-100).

1531 1740

29 August

Arrived Kwajalein.

30 September Topside average 0.72 R/24 hours (Refer-

ence 7). USS BURLESON

Crew S l z e2 :4 4 B l k l nA l t o lA l r r l v a l 1: 4 June 1946 5 August 1946 B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : Shot ABLE Locatton:ADDrOXlmatelV11.5to15 t o2 8 k m ) E S E Shot B A K E R L o c a t l o n1: 1 . 5 nmt I21 km) ESE O e c o n t a m l n a t l o Ln o c a t l o nN: o r f o l k , Virgtnla F l n aCl l e a r a n c e : By 14 October 1946

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29 July 0905 30 July 1125-1330

(APA-67)

1711 nml

Butte ( A P A - 6 8 )

Reported distilling plant clear of radiation and ceady for use. to Allevaporatorsweresecureddue radioactivity in the watec. Ordered outof the lagoon to area Mercury to await the return of an LCVP with an animal-retrieving party aboard. Animal party returned; Burleson steamed out of lagoon.

Anchored in berth 383. Conducted divlng operations to release clothing caught in starboard condenser intake. Underway for Kwajalein Atoll.

31 July 1045

Anchored at Kwajalein Atoll.

3 August 1814

Departed for Bikini Atoll.

Task U n l t a n dF u n c t l o n

4 August Burleson. an attack transport. was a support ship 0856 in TU 1.1.2 (Instrumentation Unit). Its function was to provide laboratory and base facilities for the Instrumentation Unit. It housed the test anipens, 5 August mals used in the opecation, providing animal feed bins, autopsy rooms, and pathology, hematol1440 ogy. radiobiology and biochemistry laboratories.

Anchored in berth D, Bikini Atoll. Personnel came on board for transfer to the United States. Departed for Pearl Harbor.

Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y ,0 9 0 0 )

30 June 1640

1 July 1527 1618 1640

1820

Underway for area outside of the lagoon in area Graham. Anchored In berth 33A. Bikini Atoll. Anchored in berth 115, 8-12. Boats 10 and 14 were detached to target USS Geneva ships USS Niaqara (APA-87), (APA-86). and LCI-327 to remove animals from only the topsides of the ships. Boats returned.

USS BUTTE Crew S l z e1:2 6 BlklnA l tolA l rrlval: B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : Cr eu' L o c a t l o nf o S r hot Cr euI Shot Shot Sunk

7 July 1705

30 Hay 1946 28 August 1946 ABLE: USS Bexar (APA-237), USS Rockbrldge(APA-228) L o c a t l o nf oSr h o t BAKER: Rockbrldge ABLE L o c a t l o n2:. 0 2 5v a r d s( 1 . 9 km) NW BAKER L o c a t l o n : > 2, 4 0 6y a r d s( 2 . 2 km) WSW 12 May 1948near K w a j a l e l n A t o l l

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Task U n l t and F u n c t l o n B u t t e was an attack transport used as a target

vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated for both shots of CROSSROADS. It servedin Transportation Division 92 of TU 1.2.6 (Herchant Type unit).

2 July

1317

(APA-68)

Shifted to berth 107. Underway for Kwajalein Atoll.

Shot ABLE ( 1 J u l y0, 9 0 0 )

19 July 1638

Left for Bikini Atoll.

30 June

0910-1035 20 July

0913

Most ccewmembers were evacuated & Bto e; a small contingent boarded Rockbridqe.

Arrived Bikini Atoll. 1 July 1619

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Butte reported Geiger sweet by radsafe patrols.