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 USS C u r r e n t ( A R S - 2 2 )

USS C u r r e n t ( A R S - 2 2 ) 4 July 1154 1359 1410 1430 1700

Anchored close to ARE-13 off Eneu Island. underway.maneuveringto go alongside ARE-1 3. Moored alongsideARK-13. Commenced rigging pumping equipment aboard ARK-13. Started pumping afterpump room of A R K 13.

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1635 I744 1747 1753 1830 1847 6 July 0930 0944 1005-1240 1245 1327 1444

Afterpump room dry. Started pumping amidship compartments on C deck. Tank #8 andmldshlpcompartmentdry. stopped pumps.

10 July

1050 1245 1703 1744-1905 11 July 0722-1030 1157 1233

I2 July 1202 1250

1505

Underway to go alongside ARE-13. Moored alongsideARE-13. ARE-13 Removed salvage equipment from to ship. Underway. Dropped anchor ln unspeciEied location. in Underway to take target ship Naqato

15 July 16 July 0632 0730 0807-0817

Droppedanchoralongsldeportsideof Naqato. Ran line to moorlng buoy on bow of

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Nq-

gato.

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1157 1353 1355

Dropped port anchor. Secured towing cable to Naqato's mooring 17 July 0755 buoy. 0859 Underway for berth 162 with Naqato

in

tow.

0936

Released towing cable from Naqato. Maneuvering to go alongside Naqato. Moored portside to Naqato.

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0934

Conducted divlng operations. Underway. Anchored in berth 32. Underway to go alongside target ship U s LST-125. Moored alongside LST-125. Removed kedge anchor from LST-125. Moored portside to sternO E LST-125. Attached kedge anchor to stern of 125. a e r w a y to berth. Anchored in berth 31.

1340 Disconnectedallelectricalleadsto ARK-13. 1457 1515-1523 Underway from A R E - 1 3 to target submarine USS Skate (SS-305). 1526 Moored alongside.&S Started clearing wreckage Skatq. on 1640 Transferred Skate's anchor to Current. Diver made dive for Skate's bow anchor. 13 July Anchored in berth 31. skate underway to anchorage. Recovered stern anchor of Skate. 14 July Underway to pick up hydrophone cable. 0600 Underway to accompany skate to anchorage. 0637-0644 Anchored. S k a t e. proWithdrew from accompanying 0840-1 159Conducted diving Operations. ceeding to ARE-13. 1205 Underway to anchorage. Anchored off Eneu Island. Anchored in berth 31. 1243

tow.

1501

Anchored in berth 161. Commenced divinq operations for mooring buoy riser. berth 161. Dropped anchor south of Conducted search for mooring buoy rlser.

Underway. laying to

qdto.

in vlclnity of

Remained anchored. Underway to go alongside Naqato. Moored portside to Naqato In berth 162. Hoisted Naqato's stern anchor aboard CUIrent. G e d starboardside to Naqato. Hauled Naqato's stern anchor aboard Current, cleared linesand underway. Anchoredcloseto target ship Pr& Euqen. in anchorage south of berth 141. Underway for center of target array to lay instruments. Moored to mooring buoy in center of target array. Commenced laying anchors and cable with instruments attachedt o cable. Underway to pick up cable end attached to mooring buoy. Moored to mooring buoy in center of target array.

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Moored portside toNagatq. Underway from alongside Naqato. Mooredportsidetostarboardsideof Nqgato; commenced rigging towing wire to bow of Naqato. Commenced rigging towing wire: underway from alongsideNaqato. Anchored to Naqato. Underway with Naqato in tow. N a s dropped anchor; Current cast off tow. Anchored in berth 31.

18 July

0728-0807 0942

Conducted diving operations to retrieve 1" cable. Instrument cable-laying operations completed. underway en route to berth 31.

19 July 1300-1305 1330-1336 1355 1404 1428

Circled target ship V_SS Geneva (APA-86). Circled Fallon. of Uharton. Laylng close aboard starboard Returning to berth 31. Anchored in berth 31.

20 July 0823

Underway to recover anchor.

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