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 USS Butte (APA-68)

USS Carteret (APA-70)

1 July 2026

A fire was reported on board (Reference 6. p. I-14-A; Reference 5. p. B-14).

28 AugustTowedtoKwajaleinanddecommissioned.

Butte remained at Kwajalein for further radiological study until it was sunk.

2 July 1600 An inspection team reboarded Butte. 1615-1945 Preliminary damage inspection conducted. 3 July 0845

All B

USS CARLISLE (APA-69) Crew S l z e1:0 4 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 Crew L o c a t l o nf o rS h o t ABLE: USS Bexar(APA-237) Crew L o c a t l o nf o rS h o t BAKER: V a r l o u su n l t s Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n 4: 5 0y a r d s( 4 1 1m e t e r s ) SW Sunk 1 J u l y1 9 4 6 ,B l k l n lA t o l l

Z personnelreboarded.

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

24 July 1020 25 July 1444

Ship's crew was again evacuated
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Task U n l t a n dF u n c t l o n Carlisle. an attack transport, was a target vessel last-minute personnel boarded Rockbridqe. during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated before ABLE and never returned to the ship. It served in Transportation Division 92 of TU 1.2.6 (Merchant Butte declared Geigersour (Reference 6, p. 1-12-8). Type Unit).

B 3 ' s crew remained

aboardB 2 eand Rockbridqe after Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y ,0 9 0 0 )

BAKER. 31 July

Washed down by USS Current (ARS-22) with high-pressure streams (Reference 6. p. I-58-B).

3 August

USS

Carlisle sank due to test ABLE damage. Diving operations were conducted for examination of the ship after 14 July. shot ABLE until about Shot BAKER ( 2 5J u l y ,

0835)

Clamp (ARS-33) reported Geiger team inspected ship: Geiger sour.

7 August 0800-1100 8-9 August

By 25 July Carlisle's crew had been transferred to various units of the fleet for the remainder of CROSSROADS. The units includedUSS Coucal (ASR-8). USS Orca Radsafe monitor and boarding team boarded (AVP-49). CTG 1.2.6, CTU 1.2.7. ComSerDiv Eleven, and Butte: lnspectioc results unknown. CTU 1.2.5. Entire ship's company returned to B u t t e and conducted decontamination procedures for approximately 8 hours each day, ree each nlght for berthing. turning to-B Butte readings are given in Table A.l. Contaminateditemswereeitherwashed with a high-pressure hose or thrown overboard. Scraping of the ship went below thewaterline. Further decontamination ordered stoppedby orderof DSM.

USS CARTERET (APA-70) Crew Slze: 119 B l k l n lA t o l lA r r l v a l :B e f o r e 8 June1946 B l k l n Al t o l O l eoarture: 25 Auaust 1946 Crew L o c a t l o nf o S r hot ABLE: iSS Bexar (APA-237) Crew L o c a t l o nf o sr h o t BAKER: Bexar Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n1:, 7 1 0y a r d s( 1 . 6 km) SE Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n >: 2 , 4 0 0y a r d s( 2 . 2 km) WSW Sunk 19 A p r l l 1 9 4 8 ,K w a j a l e l nA t o l l

T a b l e A.l. USS B u t t e( A P A - 6 8 )d e c o n t a m l n a t l o n. Task U n l ta n dF u n c t l o n

Carteret was an attack transport used as a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated before each shot. It served in Transportation Division 91 of TU 1.2.6 (Merchant Type Unit).

Readlng h r s ) ( RL/ o2 c4a t lDoant e

7 August Waterllne Average AEv e x treargl eo r Maxlmum E x1 t. e5 r l o r Average I n t e r l o r Maxlmurn I n t e r l o r

0.3 0.5 0.05

0.3

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

30 June 0930 1214

Commenced evacuating ship. Comnanding officer evacuated ship: ship completely evacuated to 2 .

9 August Waterllne Average 0.09 AEv xe treargl o er Maxlmum E x t e r l o r Average I n0 t. e0 r5l o r Maxlmum I n t e r l o r 12August 1 October

0.08 0.6

2 July 1011

0.08

1012

0.12 Average Topslde

1020 1050

0.02 Average Topslde

1058 Sources: References

4 and 7.

1400

17-28 August Butte personnel transferred to various units of the task force.

1410

298

A boarding team from USS Clamp (ARS-33) boarded Carteret. boarded Carteret Fire party from after report of a fire. Fire aboard Carteret extinguished. Parties aboard Carteret returned to Clamp (Reference 1. Clalnp). Carteret declared Geiger sweet (Reference 6 . I-28-A). Connnanding officer returned accompanied by radiologist and TeamA of ship's crew to make preliminary investigation of the entire ship. Team B reboarded.

clamp