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 USS Cortland

(APA-75)

USS

A 30 July Commanding Officers Damage Report No. 11 in stated that the ship was slightly over tolerance radioactivity near the waterline (Reference 3). Shifted August 2

Coucal ( A S R - 8 )

15 July 1050-1945 Diving operations on target ship Lamson (DD-367). Ran a cable from port and bow to target ship VSS Nevada's ( 6 6 -

buoy. mooring 36) 349. to berth

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4-5 August Went on a scheduled practice run. 16-17 July Continued diving Operations around son. -

18-19 August Received aboard 19 offlcers and 305 enlistedmenfromtargetship USS Nevada20JulyRanamanilalinetotargetship ( 6 6 - 36 ) . (APA-81). Fallon 0830-1130Conducteddlvingoperationsontarget 19 1623 Departed €or Kwajalein Atoll. 1400-1800 Conducted diving operations Sakawa. on

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August 20 Arrived Kwajalein. at manila line a July from Ran port quarter 21 to August 30Departed Kwajalein

stern of target ship VSS Arkansas (BE33). Conducted diving operatlons.

for Pearl Harbor.

22 JulyMadeatwo-pointmooring100feet (31 meters) off portside of target submarine USS Apoqon (38-308). 0950 Began venting Apoqon's ballast tanks. AfterApoqonwassubmerged.conducted dlving operations.

USS COUCAL (ASR-8)

Crew S i z e : 117 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: Before 1 July 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: 4 September 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 21 nml (39 km) E Shot BAKER Locatlon: 1 2 nml ( 2 2 km) SE Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: San Dlego Operatlonal Clearance: 10 January 1947 Flnal Clearance: 18 January 1947

23JulyEngaged

in divingoperations cinity of A m o n.

24 July 0600-0645Floodedtargetsubmarine (55-386).

Task Unlt and Functlon Coucal. a submarine rescue vessel, was a support ship in TU 1.2.7 (Salvage Unit). Its functions were salvaging, firefighting, and emergency repairs.

in the vi-

USS Pilotfish

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

25 July 0400 In formation with USS Conserver (ARS-39). USS Widqeon (ASR-l), and USS Etlah (AN79). Took position in formation of TU 1.2.7. 0750 Underway. 0800 1400 Anchored in berth F, Bikini Lagoon. 1610 Observed target ship USS Saratcqa (CV-3) sink stern first.

Shot ABLE ( 1 J u l y, 0900) 30 June 1625UnderwayfromBikiniLagoon. TU 1.2.7. 5,000 yards 2100 Proceeding to join (4.6 km) astern _USS Reclaimer (ARS-42). 1 July

26 July

1255EnteredBikiniLagoon. 1735-1855 Placed scientiflc parties on target ships USS Conynqham (DD-371) and VSS Pennsyl(68-38). in berthLove. 1958Anchored 4 July 1430-1829 Radiological survey group from (AH-12) came aboard. 1525-1743 Conducted diving operations. 1902Anchoredinunidentifiedberth.

27 July 0815 1130 1135 1230

USS Haven

1340 28 July 0650

5-6. 8-10 July Diving operations conducted around target ship USS Gilliam (APA-57). 12 July 1115Ranlinefromstern of targetship &B (APA-66). 1400-1920 Engaged in diving operations.

14 July 0800-1345 1355

1140 1617

E

29 July 0840

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to B 3. 13JulyRantwolines 0745-1830 Diving operations continued

1115

on Gilliam.

0945 1030 Diving operations continued on Gilliam. Took in tow and stern lines from .&B

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Shifted to unidentified berth. Underway to target submarine USS Tuna (SS-203). ran airhoses to Comenced blowing Tuna's ballast tanks. Tuna broke surface. Underway; tested all sea injections with Geiger counter, conditions found normal. Shifted t o unidentified berth.

Tuna.

Underway to go alongside target submarine USS Dentuda (85-335). Commenced blowing ballast tanks on Dentuda after engaging in diving operations. =red diving operat ions. Anchored in unidentified berth. Underway to come alongside target submarine USS Searaven's (SS-196) mooring buoy, Commenced hooking airhoses to Searaven. Commenced blowing Searaven's ballast tanks. Underway. Anchored in unidentified berth.