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 USS C u r r e n t (ARS-22) 20 J u l y 0937 1155 1432 1529-1815 21 July 0800 1349 22 July 0933 0950 1023-1155 1203 1232 1340 1434 1447 1510 1541 1548 1651 1713 1850 1855 1922 23 July 0140 0840 1241 1300 1415-1650 1735 1805 24 July 1207 1230

USS C u r r e n t (ARS-22)

Anchored close to starboard bow of target ship USS Saratoqa (CV-3). Deep-sea divers underwater to search for anchor. Divers back on board. for Diver in deep-seaoutfitsearched anchor. Remained at anchor in berth 61 close to saratoqa. Commenced diving operations for recovery of hawk anchor. Continuedtoattempttorecoverhawk anchor.

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29 July 0841-1620

Anchored in center of target array. Underway en route to berth 31. Receivedorderstogoalongside !SI Kenneth W h i 3 (AV-14) to pick up pressure gauges. Alongside Whitinq, loading pressure gauges. Underway from Whitinq to lay instrument buoys. Anchored in center of target array. Number one instrument buoy laid in position. Underway to lay instrument buoy #2. Anchored. 1714 Laid instrument buoy #2. Underway. 30 July Anchored. Laid instrument buoy #3. 0901-2124 Made new anchorage. Laid instrument buoy #4. Underway to new anchorage to keep clear of mooring and instrument buoys in target array. Anchored 300 yards (274 meters) south of Prinz Euqen. Mender(ARSD-2)camealongsldeto take aboard hawk anchor. Mender underway from alongside. Underway to conduct diving operations on 2319 Instrument buoy. Secured line to target shipYSS LST-133. 31 July Conducted diving operations. 1018-1726 Underway to anchorage berth 31. Anchored in berth 31. YSS

Boardlng party came aboard. Underway for BAKER day.

Shot B A K E R ( 2 5 J u l y, 0835)

25 July 1105 1206-1219 1407 1450-1502 1620 26 July 1827 28 July 1224-1553

Entered the harbor. Alongside Geneva. Near the north point of Eneu Island. Alongside target vessel LCT-705. Anchored in berthD.

1805 1 August 0857-1622

Shifted to anchorage off Eneu Island. 1135 Moored alongside target ship USS LST-545 for 9 minutes to place aboard and recover2 August a boarding party. Moored alongside target 0925-1253 ship USS LST-220 for 8 minutes to put over and recover boarding party. Moored

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alongsidetargetvesselLCI-329 for 1 hour. 7 minutes: boarding party aboard LCI-329 for 57 minutes. After departing LCI-329, commenced washing down target vessel LCI-327. after which a boarding team was placed on board for 6 minutes. Anchored in unidentified berthin Bikini. Moored alongside LCI-327 for 1 hour, 28 minutes. First boarding party aboard for 36minutes,afterwhichLCI-327was washeddown:asecondboardingparty aboard for 7 minutes. Floored alongside target ship USS Wainwriqht (DD-419) for 1 1 minutes: boarding party aboard for 10 minutes.Circledseaplaneforphotographic purposes. Placed boarding parties aboard two seaplanes via the ship's motor whaleboat.Afterrecoveringboarding parties and boat. moored alongside target ship USS Muqford (DD-3891 for 38 minutes: boardingteamaboardfor38minutes. USS Carteret Moored alongside target ship (APA-70) for 15 minutes: boarding team aboard for 15 minutes. Circled and washed down Muqford for 1 hour. Alongside &cfocd for 5 minutes: boarding party aboard for 3 minutes. Anchored in unidentiFied berth in Bikini. Washed down Muqford with €ront monitor for 1 hour, 48 minutes: placed boarding party aboard for 9 minutes to remove and bring back one instrument. Washed down Wainwriqht for 1 hour. 42 minutes: placed boarding party aboard for 16 mlnutes. Sent boating party to inspect target ves10 minutes. sel LCT-1114: returned within Boat left again with demolition team to placeadynamitechargeonLCT-1114. Eighteen minutes later charge wasfi red. A second charge was placed and fired 25 minuteslater.LCT-1114sunkinclose vicinity of obstruction buoy. Anchored off Eneu Island. Safety monitor came aboard from USS Haven (AH-12). Moored alongside Muqford for 3 hours, 9 minutes. washing it down with water from forward and auxiliary monitors; boarding party aboard for 7 minutes. Washed down target ship USS Butte (APA-68) for 2 hours. 28 minutes. Moored alongside Butte for 25 minutes: boarding party placed on board for 25 minutes. Lay to off WSS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) for 25 minutes to transfer black box recovered from Muqford to Curnberland Sound. Anchored in l e e of Eneu Island. Washed down target ship USS Briscoe (APA3 minutes. 65): boarding party aboard €or Washed down target ship USS Bracken (APA64); boarding team aboard for 13 minutes. Anchored o€E Eneu Island. Boarded Briscoe for 64 minutes. Washed down LCT-705: boarded LCT for 7 minutes.