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USS Enoree (AO-69)

Dentuda ( S S - 3 3 5 )

23 August 1117 Moored to Tuna in berth 28. anchorage A. Kwajalein. 1215 Moored t o Tuna in berth 28 South, Kwajalein.

USS DUTTON (AGS-8)

Crew Slze: 60 Blklnl Atoll Arrtval: 3 August 1946 14 September 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: Locatlon for Shot ABLE: Pearl Harbor Locatton For Shot BAKER: En route From Pearl Harbor to Kuajaleln Atoll Oecontamlnatlon Locatlon: Los Angeles Operational Clearance: 18 December 1946 Flnal Clearance: 10 January 1947

28 August 0650UnderwayforPearlHarbor. 5 September 0852ArrivedPearlHarbor.

14 October Arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Functlon Dutton was a surveying ship. Its functions were to survey the probable effects of the atomic bomb on fish and wildlife and to conduct an oceanographic survey on ocean currents in and around the atoll area to determine their characteristics.

USS DIXIE (AD-14) Crew Slze: 8 3 5 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: 24 Hay 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: 25 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 22 nml (41 km) NNE Shot BAKER Locatlon: 17 nml (32 k m ) E Oecontamlnatton Locatlon: San Franctsco Operatlonal Clearance: 2 October 1946 Flnal Clearance: By 22 November 1946

Shot ABLE (1 July,

Dutton was moored in Pearl Harbor for ABLE. shot 22 July 1357UnderwayfromPearlHarbor Islands.

Task Unlt and Functlon a destroyer tender, was a support ship in TU 1.8.1 (Repair and Service Unit). Its function was to provide repair and other services to many ships during the operation.

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Shot ABLE (1 July, 0900) 30 June 1554Underwayforareaoutsidetheharbor, steaming with USS Benevolence (AH-13). USS Bountiful (AH-g), and other vessels. 1 July 1700 EnteredBikiniLagoon. 1821 Anchored in berth 269, Bikini Atoll.

2 July 1135 Changed anchorage to berth

to Marshall

Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835) Dutton was en route to Kwajalein Atoll during shot BAKER. 3 August 0840

Anchored at Bikini Atoll in Open Roads.

14 August 1445 1452

Underway to shift berths. Anchored in berth 207A.

18 August 1100

Anchored in berth 251A.

22 August 0923

Anchored in berth 231.

26 August 1615

Anchored in Open Roads.

191.

Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835) 24 July 1548

Underway for position outside

25-29 July

Steamed at sea.

of atoll.

27 August 0950 30 August

30 July 0716

0900)

Underway t o conduct survey-sounding operat ions. Conducted survey-sounding operations.

Entered the lagoon and anchored in berth 1-7 SeptemberConducted survey-sounding operations. 191. 11 September Conducted survey operations.

2 August 1556

Anchored in berth 365.

14 September Departed for Kwajalein Atoll. 0614

7 August 0855

Anchored in berth 191:

15 September Arrived at Kwajalein. 2055

Anchored in berth 57-58.

25 September Departed Kwajalein for Pearl Harbor. 1025

14 August 0847

25 August 1647

Underway for Kwajalein Atoll. USS ENOREE (AO-69)

26 August 0916

Anchored at Kwajalein.

9 September

1613

Departed Kwajalein for Pearl Harbor.

Crew Slze: 152 Blklnt Atoll Arrlval: Before 1 July 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: 24 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: Anchored at Kuajaleln Atoll

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