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 USS Cumberland Sound ( A V - 1 7 )

USS Current ( A R S - 2 2 )

Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835)

2 July 0739

25 July 0509 Underway for area outside the harbor (Reference 5. p. D-5). 1340Reenteredtheharbor. 1425Anchoredinberth384.

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28 July Departed the lagoon. 29 July Returned to lagoon and anchored

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1 August 0547UnderwayforSanPedro.

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CURRENT (ARS-22) 1035

Crew Slze: 94 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: 3 June 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: 25 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 27 nml (50 km) E

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Shot BAKER Locatlon: 12 nml (22 km) SE Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: Pearl Harbor Operatlonal Clearance: 6 February 1947 Flnal Clearance: 17 February 1947

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Task Unlt and Functlon Current was a salvage ship used as a support ship in TU 1.2.7 (Salvage Unit). Its functions were salvaging,firefjghting.andrepairingdamaged target vessels. Shot ABLE (1 July, 0900) 1 July

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1412 Underway to Bikini Lagoon. Received orders to remain in reentry area until ordered forward, proceeding ahead 1504 with bare headway. Passed channel buoy1 abeam to port: ob1559 served various fires and explosions in target area. 1600 Underway in company with ATR-87 to put out fire and place boarding party on tar1730 get ship USS Pennsylvania (88-38). 1751 Withdrawing from the area of Pennsvlvania by order of CTU 1.2.7 due to heavy explo3 July sion from target ship USS Independence 0910 (CVL-22). Underway to go alongside ATR-87 to make Geiger counter test of firefighting equipment. 0930 ATR-87 underway from alongside. 1037 ATR-40 alongside to have Geiger counter test made of firefighting equipment. 1143 ATR-40 underway from alongside. 1249 Underway to place boardlng team aboard Pennsylvaniaandextinguishfireson 1312 Boardingpartyandfirefightingparty 1437 aboard Pennsylvania. Firesextinguished:firefightingparty 1448 and boarding team aboard. 1706 UnderwayfromalongsidePennsylvania, 1720 proceedingeastwardawaitinginstruct ions. Underway to berthH. 4 July 1052 Pmchored in berth H, off Eneu Island. Bikini.
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Underway to complete inspection of target array. Boarding team member came aboard to resume duties with boarding team. Moored alongside target ship USS Fallon (APA-81)andplacedboardingteamon board. also firefighting team of three men aboard to extinguish smouldering fire on forecastle deck. Boardingpartyandfirefightingparty returned aboard from Fallon. Underway from alongside Fallon. proceeding to go alongside target ship USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Moored alongside Salt Lake City. Placed boarding and fjrefighting parties on Salt Lake City. Observed target ship Sakawa sinking by the stern. Boarding team and firefighting party returned aboard from Salt Lake City. Underway from ,proceeding to target submarine YSS ApOqon (SS-308). Boarding team boarded Amon. Boarding team returned to Current. Underway from alongside A=, proceedUSS Skipjack (SSing to target submarine 184). Moored alongside starboard sideof S3lack and placed boarding team on board. Boarding team returned aboard. Underway from alongside Skiplack. proto ceeding to viclnity of Independence follow it to new mooring and assist in mooring if necessary. Moored to Independence to keep Independence clear of vessels in area. Independencein tow byUSSChickasaw (ATF-83); cast off lines and stood clear. continued to follow Independence to new mooring. WithdrewfromIndependence.proceeding to USS Wharton (AP-7). Boarding team left the ship to return aboard Wharton. Proceeding to westward area with Independence to assist in mooring. Chickasaw completed mooring Independence. Dropped anchor in berth 310. Radiologlcal team and boarding team I11 came aboard Current to conduct radiological and damage survey of Independence later. Underway to Independence. Inspection party and boarding teams left ship via boat to go aboard Independence. Anchored in berth 290. Boarding party and inspection party returned aboard. Underway to Wharton to dlscharge inspection and boarding parties. Laying to off Wharton. discharging inspection and boarding parties. Anchored in berth 75. Underway to new berth. Anchored in berth 31. Underway to go alongside target vessel ARE-13.