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 USS Conserver (ARS-39)

29 July 1344-1357 1422 1455-1504 1602 1640 30 July 1320-1405 1426 1724 31 July 0822-0902 0930-1015 1146-1213 1414-1452 1515-1524 1604-1641 1703 1 August 0810-1348

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NMRS team boarded Catron and removed in-

USS Conyngham (DD-371)

2 September 0801-1937 Prepared target vessel LCT-874 for ing.

struments and animals. NMRS team at Gasconade to remove instru3 September ments and animals; too contaminated to board. NMRS team boarded target ship USS BriSCOe 4 September (APA-65) to remove instruments and ani0734-0832 mals. All animals, instruments. and NMRS personnel returned to Burleson. 0907 Anchored In unidentified berth. Animals and instruments were retrieved from Gasconade. NMRS personnel and all animals transferred toBurleson. Anchored off Eneu Island. Washed down Briscoe with saltwater. Washed down Bracken. Sprayed mechanical and chemical foams on BCiscoe Sprayed mechanical and chemical foams on Briscoe. Monitors boarded Salt Lake City. Sprayed foam on Bracken. Anchored in unidentified berth.

5 September

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LeftBikiniAtoll€orKwajalein Atoll towing target vessel YOG-83 and support vessels LCT-1420 and LCT-1184.

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CONYNGHAM (DD-371)

Crew Slze: 109

Anchored in unidentified berth.

on Salt Lake Continued salvage operations City. Anchored in unidentified berth.

Unlt and Functlon The destroyer Conynqham was a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated before each in Destroyer Divison 3 ofTU shot. It served 1.2.3.

Shot ABLE (1 July 0900) Retrieved Army equipment from target ship 30JuneCrewevacuatedtoBottineau. USS LST-545. Anchored. 1 July 1610Convnqhamdeclaredradiologicallyclear. Transferred Army equipment from LST-545 to LCT-1116. 2 July Moored to YF buoys to conduct diving A re1245Thecaptain,amonitor,andTeam operations to recover Bureauof Ordnance turned to inspect for radioactivity and instruments. explosive gases.

12-16 August Continued diving operations to recover Bureau of Ordnance instruments. 14 August USS Pilotfish_ Located target submarine (58-386). 16-24 August Continued diving operations on Arkansas.

26 August

Alongside target vessel LCT-816. conductit from beach ing operations to remove and sink it. Assisted YSS Widgeon (ASR-1) with Skip-

Blkinl Atoll Arrlval: 30 Hay 1946 Elklnl Atoll Departure: 22 August 1946 Crew Locatlon for Shot ABLE: USS Bottlneau (APA-235) Crew Locatlon for Shot BAKER: Eottlneau Shot ABLE Locatton: 3,145 yards (2.9 km) ESE Conducted salvage operations on Salt Lake Shot BAKER Locatlon: 3.597 yards (3.3 km)WNW Oecontamlnatlon Locatlon: San Franclsco City. Salt Lake City was declared very Sunk July 1948,. o f f southern Callfornla contaminated.

Continued diving operations to recover Bureau of Ordnance instruments.

25 August 0900

Conducted salvage operations on target submarine USS Skipjack (SS-184).

7 September ArrivedatKwajaleinAtoll;remained 1201 until February 1947. Conducted salvage work on various target ships.

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2 August 0815-1617

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Cast off lines to Arkansas buoy; moored t o diving buoy. Shifted mooring over sunken target ship USS Saratoqa (CV-3).

21 August-1 September

Conducted diving operations on Saratoqa.

for Navy data indicate that Conynqham was found safe reboarding and that remaining crewmembers returned on 7 July. 2 July. Except for shifting anchorages on Conynqham remained anchored in Bikini Lagoon. Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835) 23-24 July 1110

Crew evacuatedtoBottineau.

30 July 1040-1140 Washed down with seawater and foamite by USS Deliver (ARS-23).

31 July 1420Washdownwithfoamitecompleted. 1502Radsafe team andmonitorswereplaced aboard.