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 USS Enoree (AO-69)

USS E t l a h (AN-79)

Shot BAKER Location: 17 nml (32 km) E Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: San Franclsco Operatlonal Clearance: 3 December 1946

USS ETLAH (AN-79)

Crew Slze: 36

Shot ABLE (1 July, 0 9 0 0 )

Biklnl Atoll Arrlval: 1 Aprll 1946 Biklnl Atoll Departure: 27 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 25 nml (46 km) E Shot BAKER Locatlon: 12 nml (22 km) SE Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: Puget Sound Operational Clearance: 18 December 1946 Flnal Clearance: 21 December 1946

Enoree was anchored at Kwajalein Atoll for shot ABLE.

Task Unlt and Functton

Task Unlt and Functlon Enoree was an oiler in TU 1.8.1 (Repair and Service Unit). Its function was to provide fuel to the other ships during CROSSROADS.

Etlah was a net laying ship in TU 1.2.7 (Salvage Unit). Its functions were to place buoys and tacget vessels in their proper places in the target array and after the detonations to place boarding teams on the target vessels.

4 July 0751ArrivedatBikiniandanchoredinberth 305.

During the period between shots ARLE and RAKER. Enoree Shot ABLE ( 1 July, 0900) provided oil to many task force ships. 13 July 1922 Departed Bikini for Kwajalein Atoll.

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14 July 1222ArrivedatKwajaleinAtoll.

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24 July 1507UnderwayfromBikiniLagoon. Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835) 25

July

Steaming withUSS Dixie ("14).

30 July 0729

Anchored in berth 305, Bikini.

2 August 1725

Shifted to berth Oboe.

24 August 1437

Departed for Kwajalein Atoll.

25 August 1035

Arrlved Kwajalein.

31 August 0800

Departed for Enewetak.

Underway to take position for area Mercury.

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1 July 1340 1347

16 JulyDepartedKwajaleinforBikiniAtoll.

17 July 1027 Arrived at Bikini Atoll, anchored berth 305.

June 1300

Proceeding on duty assigned by CTU 1.2.7. Alongside target vessel LCI-529 [sic] placed a boarding party aboard. Underway to target vessel LCI-329. 1352 Alongside LCI-329. 1404 Underway to target vessel LCI-327. 1418 1432-1444 Alongside LCI-327. USs Anchored in vicinity of target ship 1500 LST-133;boardingpartyleftinsmall boat. Boarding party returned on board. 1526 1549-1607 Alongside target Submarine USS Pilotfish (55-386): boardlng team placed aboard. Underway for target shipUSS LST-220. 1655 Laying to in vicinity of LST-220. 1705 lor 1708-1714 Dispatched boardlng party and boat LST-220: team did not board. Dispatched boat to target ship USS LST1715 545. 17201742Team placed aboard LST-545. LeftLST-545forLST-220toattempt 1742 boarding. Boarding party returned aboard: did not 1755 board LST-220. Anchored in berth M, Bikini. 1835

2 July 0700

3 September Underway for Kwajalein.

0740-0751

4 September Arrived at Kwajalein.

0805-0829

7 September Underway for Pearl Harbor with APL-30 (a vessel that did not participate in CROSSROADS) in tow.

0829-0854

Underway for complete inspection of target vessels. Placed team on target submarine USS Tuna (SS-203). Placed team on target submarineUSS Den-

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20 September 1051 Arrived at Pearl Harbor and moored at Fuel Oil Dock after casting off tow. 23 September Three of Enoree's small boats were inspected by radsaEe representatives: all three boats were declared radiologically safe for operation.

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(SS-335).

Placed team on board target submarine Searaven (SS-196). USS LST0854-0939 Placed team on board target ship 661 by means aof small boat. 1012-1056 Placed team aboard target ship YSS LST-52 by means ofa small boat. 1056-1 124Placed team on board target vessel LCT874. 1124-1136 Placed team aboard target vessel LCI-332. 1136 Underway for Eneu Island. 1352 Anchored near Eneu Island.