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USS Cumberland Sound ( A V - 1 7 )

23AugustArrivedKwajalein.

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11 September Departed Eor Pearl Harbor.

25 July

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8 August Boarding team 5 from USS Suncock (AN-80) boarded. Reported Crittenden Geiger sour. Upper deck average 4.0 R/24 hours: hot spots 10 R/24 hours: inside and main deck 0.5 to 1.5 R/24 hours. Evaporator room and forward engine room 0.15 R/24 hours.

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B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : 24 August 1946 CrewLocatlonforShot ABLE: USS Bexar (APA-237) C r e wL o c a t l o nf oSr h o t BAKER: Bexar Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n : 6 7 5 y a r d s( 6 1 7m e t e r s ) NNW Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n 1:, 7 1 0y a r d s( 1 . 7 km) WNW D e c o n t a m l n a t l oLno c a t l o n : San F r a n c l s c o Sunk 5 October 1948 o f ft h es o u t h e r nC a l l f o r n l ac o a s t

12 AugustCommandingofficer,5officers,and enlistedmenboardedforopeningthe ship. Tolerance time 1 hour topside. to 24 hours below decks.

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13, 15, and 21 August and F u n c t l o n Crittenden, an attack transport, was a target vesShip was reboarded but number of personsel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacuated for nel and t i m e aboard not known. in Transportation Division each shot. It served Crittendenwasreboarded.Itsmaximum 22 August 92 in TU 1.2.6 (Merchant Type Unit). Crittenden portsidetopsidereadingwas4R/24 was equipped with a low-frequency radio beacon as 7 hours, maximum starboardside topside a directional aid for the photographic aircraft. R/24 hours, and maximum inside 0.5 R/24 Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y 0, 9 0 0 ) hours. The monitors returned-B to and 9). the ship closed (Reference 30 June 0916 24 August 2 . Left Bikini Atoll for Kwajalein towed by Crew evacuated to USS Reclaimer (ARS-42). 2 July 1600 26 August ArrivedatKwajalein.Topsideaverage Crittenden reported Geiger sour. but re7). 0.75 R/24 hours (Reference ported safe to work on for short periods (Reference 6, p. I-36-A). Remained sour 5, p. throughouttheday(Reference 28 August Crittenden decommissioned. B-17). 1 October Topside average 0.52 R/24 hours (Refec4 July ence 7 ). 0845 Teams A and B reboarded. 1 December Crittenden declared radiologically safe 1030 Crittenden departed Kwajalein towed by USS Cahuilla (ATF-152) en route to San by the radiological team from USS Haven (AH-12). Francisco. Personnel began reboarding. 1345 1412 An oceanographic party came aboard to conduct an inspection; the Ship MeasureUSS CUMBERLAND SOUND (AV-17) ment Group and Deck Survey Party came aboard to inspect damage. Crew S l z e : 'uL. n 1445 Radiological Group came on board to inB l k l nA l t o lA l rrlval: 3 May 1946 B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : 1 August 1946 spect ship for radiological contamination. Shot ABLE L o c a t l o n1: 9 nml ( 3 5 km) SE 1510 All parties left the ship. Shot B A K E R L o c a t l o n1: 3 nml ( 2 4 km) SE 1600 Samples of Crittenden's freshwater sent L o s Angeles D e c o n t a m l n a t l oLno c a t l o n : O p e r a t l o n aCl l e a r a n c e : 3 December 1946 to Haven for radiological tests. 1815 All officers and crew left for e B exF l n aCl l e a r a n c e1: 3 December 1946 cept gangway and security watch. Security watch made rounds and hourly reports of Task U n l ta n dF u n c t l o n the material condition of the ship. The seaplane tender Cumberland Sound was used as a support ship in TU 1.1.2 (Instcumentation). Its 5 July function was to provide laboratory and base fa0800 Officers and crew boarded from cilities throughout the operation. 1115 Food samples sent to Haven for radiological tests. Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y ,0 9 0 0 ) 1400-1430 The Ordnance Group came aboard for an inspection. 1 July 1710 All officers and enlisted men returned 1421 Reentered the lagoon and anchored in to -B exceptgangwayandsecurity berth 56. watch. 1705Shiftedtoberth147.

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The crew returned to Crittenden.

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