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 USS Catron ( A P A - 7 1 )

USS Charles P. Cecil (DO-835)

Average topside intensities measured as listed below(Reference 7):

August

3 4.0 6 August 2.5 8 August 12 August 22 August 25 September USS CEBU

Catron

were 30 July 0834 1500

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(R/24 Date 6.0

aboard

1.5 0.87 0.35

Underway for Bikini Atoll. Anchored in berth 207A. Bikini Atoll.

1 August 0908 0925

WS-413 came alongside for repairs. YHS-354 came alongside for repairs.

2 August 1504 1601

Underway for berth Roger. Anchored.

7 August 0920

Anchored in preliminary berth 207-A.

(ARG-6)

14-23 August Target ship LCI(L)-549. which had been radiologically cleared after shots ABLE for repairs. and BAKER, alongside

Crew S l z e : 357 B l k l n lA t o l lA r r l v a l : 20 Flay 1946 23 August 1946 B l k l nA l t o lD l eparture: L o c a t l o n f o r Shot ABLE: K w a j a l e l nA t o l l L o c a t l o n f o r Shot BAKER: 19 nml ( 3 5 km) €NE D e c o n t a m l n a t l o nL o c a t l o n : San F r a n c l s c o Operatlonal Clearance: 16 December 1946 F l n aCl l e a r a n c e : 21 December 1946

16 August 0900

22 August

Task U n l t and F u n c t l o n

was an amphibious ready group repair ship used as a support ship in TU 1.8.1 (Repair and Service Unit). Its functions were salvaging. towing, and emergency repair work.

&C

Honitors came aboard to check evaporators. Evaporator working spaces reported clear of radioactivity and safe forp e c sonnel. No radiological hazards found except for the auxiliary condenser of the evaporators. It was. however. safe to operate under standard watch conditions.A fourman Radiological Safety Clearance Board t o inspect the ship. team came aboard

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

1 July 1151

23 August 1400 Underway for Bikini Atoll from Kwajalein.

2 July 0913 1419

Anchored in berth 251-A. Bikini Atoll. Shifted to berth 207-A.

18 July 1400

Left for Rongelap Atoll.

19 July 0730 0832 1642 21 July 0940 1049 22 July 0400 0850 1630 23 July 1532

Departed Bikini Atoll for Kwajalein Atoll and thence to Pearl Harbor.

10 September Arrived at Pearl Harbor.

Arrived at RongelapAtoll. DepartedforBikiniAtoll.completing transfers to USS Bowditch (AGS-4) before leaving. Anchored in berth 207-A. Bikini Atoll. FGH-32 came alongside for repairs. FGH-29 came alongside for repairs.

13 September A radsafe representative issued a conditional radiological clearance for &C and recommended sinking two 36-foot (11meter) motor launches and an LCVP that were considered unsafe. It was further recommended that camels. a boat weight. and a port gangway fender be sunk; that men working on the starboard anchor chain wear gloves: and that all saltwater system lines be opened or welded only under radiological monitoring supervision. The radsafe recomendations were followed. 14 September Left for San Diego. USS CHARLES

"31 came alongside for repairs. A diving party left to make underwater repairs on USS Creon (ARL-11). Diving party returned.

P. CECIL (00-835)

Crew S i z e : 287 BlklnA l tolA l rrlval: 4 June 1946 25 J u l 1y 9 4 6 B l k l nAl t o lD l eparture: Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n : 42 nml (78 km) E S E Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n A
 * pproxlrnately

48 nml(89 F l n aCl l e a r a n c e : By 22 November 1946

All FWs had cast off

Shot BAKER ( 2 5 J u l y, 0835)

km) SE

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

The destroyer C a was a support ship in Destroyer Division 5. Commander Destroyer Squadron 5. of TG 1.6 (Navy Air Group). Its function was to provide support for the drone and photographic aircraft operations.

24 July 1359 Departed lagoon for area Packard. 25 July 0835OperatinginareaGraham. 0949LeftforRongelapAtoll. 1604AnchoredatRongelapAtoll.

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

30 June 1612Underwayforoperatingarea.

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