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 USS Clamp (ARS-33)

USS Clamp (ARS-33)

7 July

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30 July 0911-1011

Anchored in berth 49.

Moored to buoy in target array. Installing assemblies on mooring buoysin target area for purpose of mooring target ships. 1352-1505

11 July 1114-1633 1855 12 July 1035-1110 1430-2014 13 July 0925-2031 2103 14 July 0637-0853 1135-1425 1520 15-16 July 16 July 1845

1523-1543

Retrieved target vessel ARDC-13's anchor and took i t in tow to its new berth. Anchored in berth 74.

1728 31 July 1116-1235

Conducteddivingoperations to clear fouled line from propeller shaft. Worked in target area installing assemblies on mooring buoys.

1241 1422-1800 1843

Towed A R E - 1 3 to target array. Anchored in berth 51. Conducted diving operations to ATA-180 anchor. Conducted diving operations to ARDC-13 anchor. Anchored in berth 14. Preparedmooringbuoys array.

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25 July 1201-1225 1304-1306 1355 1413 1451-1459 1500 1609 1641 21 July 0835 1019-1144

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Washed down target ship USS Pensacola (CA-24) Investigatedsmokeon target ship Wainwriqht (DD-419). Alongside target ship Prinz Euqen while a radiological monitor boarded. Alongside Carteret while a radiological monitor boarded thetarget ship. Washed down Pensacola. Moored next to USS Chickasaw (ATF-85).

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Picked up boarding team fromWharton and proceeded to Catron. 0826-1056 Washed down Catron. 1100-1 108 A boarding team conducted an inspection on Catron. 1120-1149 Applied foam to target vessel LCT-1013. 1405-1435 Sprayed LCT-1113. 1440-1441 A boarding team boarded LCT-1113. 1512-1551 Washed down LCT-1013. 1625-1630 Boarding team boarded LCT-1013. Anchored near berth 380. 1815

Underway for operating area after picking up a radsafe team. Boardingteamboardedtarget ship Bladen (APA-63). Boarding team boarded targetship LCI(L)549. Anchored in berth Baker. Bikini Atoll. Underway for target vessel LCT-1013. Boarding team boarded LCT-1013. Underway from LCT-1013. Observed the sinkingof Saratwa. Returned to anchorage in berth Baker.

3 August 0835-0851

Boarding team from Wharton boarded target ship USS Butte (APA-68). 0925-0934 A boarding team boarded Talbot. 0950-1058 Washed down Talbot. 1104-1 126A boarding team boardedB u t t e. Moored next to Chickasaw. 1446

7 August

Underway for USS Kenneth Whitinq (AV-14) to pick up members of the Instrumentation Group. Alongside target ship USS Niasara (APA-

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Washed down target ship USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Anchored off Bikini Island. Alongside USS Tombiqbee (A%-11) and then USS Svlvanla (AKA-44). Anchored in berth Baker.

2 August 0740

Anchored in berth 14.

Shot BAKER (25 J u l y, 0835)

24 July 1246

Moored portside to instrument tank with the technicaldirectorsaboardto retrieve the tank, after which the directors returned to Whitinq. Covered target ship USS Convnuham (DD371) with chemical foam. Alongside target ship USS Muqford (DD389) to cover it with foam. Anchored in berth Baker.

Alongside target ship USS Geneva (APA-86) to pick up instruments. Alongside Bladen. Instrumentation Group boarded Bladen. Boarded target ship USS FilhOKe (APA-83) for an inspection. Instrumentation Group members returned to Whitinq. Moored near USS Chickasaw (ATF-83). Shifted to anchorage 1,450 yards (1.3 south Of berth 380.

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Began washing down Nevada. A seven-man party boarded Nevada to assist decontamination operations. Decontamination operations on Nevada ceased. Renewed decontamination operations aboard Nevada. Began decontamination operations on target ship USS D a m o n (APA-79). A party of s i x boarded Dawson to assist decontamination operations. Completed decontamination operations aboard Dawson. Washed down target ship USS Brule (APA68). Washed down.&B Anchored in berth 33.