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 USS E t l a h ( A N - 7 9 )

USS E t l a h ( A N - 7 9 )

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3 July 1431

8 July 0710

Underway for buoy area to assist Suncock with moor. Moored to Suncock. Underway for Ottawa. Moored t o Ottawa. Moored to buoy B: engaged in Operations. Moored to Ottawa. Moored to Suncock. Moored t o Ottawa. Anchored in overnight berth.

0820 0935 1000-1245 1300-1410 1430-1525 1740-1840 1905-2005 2008 9 July 0900-1000 1015-1130 1220-1320

1330-1530 1547-1620 1633-1715 1720 10 July 0650-0745 0825-0930 1035-1330

1355

Moored to Suncock: completed operations. Moored to Ottawa. Moored to 0 s : completed mooring operat ions. Moored to Ottawa. Moored t o Suncock; completed mooringoperations. Moored t o Ottawa. Moored 200 yards (183 meters) Forwardof Ottawa.

12 July 0910-0930 0945-1130 1205

Moored to USS Rolette (Am-99). Moored to USS Henrico (APA-45). Anchored.

22 July 1230

1737 1815-1925 1930 2023-2045 2205 2242

2245-2300 2340-2345 24 July 1315 2115 2140

Underway for YSS Georqe clwer (APA-271. Moored to Clymer. Conducted mooring operations on Searaven. Anchored off target shipVSS Trippe (DD403). Underway. Engaged in mooring operations on target submarine USS Skiplack (SS-184). Moored to USS Conserver (ARS-39). Engaged in operations on Skiplack. Moored to Conserver. Engaged in operations on Skiplack. (ARS-8). Moored to USS Preserver While hanging a 10-ton anchor off a pattially submergedsubmarine, ship's launch wasstruckwith anchor, crushed,and sunk: no personnel injured. Moored to Tuna. Moored to

Tuna.

Throughout early morning engaged in operations onTuna. Boarding team on board Tuna. Underway to Searaven. Moored to Searaven.

Shot BAKER (25 J u l y, 0835)

25 July 0100 0610 0808 I125 1200

1240-1325 1325 1340-1350 1400-1435 1435 1455

Alongside Ottawa. Completed operations. Anchored.

17 July 0650 0740 1010 1033-1 1330

1455 1610-1730

Moored to Suncock: mooring operations. Moored to Ottawa. o E E Eneu IsConducted buoy operations land. Anchored in berth 87. Bikini.

11 July 1123-1250 1505 1520

1830

1120 1130-1133 1230-1330 1405

Underway to USSSuncock (AN-80). Engaged in buoy operations with Suncock. Underway to USS Oneota (AN-85). Moored to Oneota. Underway for USS Ottawa (AKA-101). Moored to Ottawa. Underway for buoy area. Moored to Oneota: engaged in stretching third leg and underway to Ottawa. Moored to Ottawa. Anchored in overnight berth.

1733 1930

1810

Alongside Searaven. Moored to Ottawa. Anchored in berth 244.

23 July

7 July 0710 0820-0930 1210 1255 1350 1430 1510 1534-1649

13 July 1440

1245-1320 1342-1420 1715

Shifted anchorages; anchoredin berth M. Bikini.

1500 28 July 0910 1020-1050 1245 1425

Underway for mooring operations on target vessel ARE-13. Completed operations on ARK-13. proceeding to USS Cebu (AX-6). Moored to.&C

1500 1510 1600

29 July 0805-1410

Underway to Henrico for mooring chains. Moored portside to Henrico. Underway for .0140Moored to Ottawa. Anchored.

1500 1508 30 July 1030-1330

Underway for Searaven

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Underway to anchorage. Underway outof lagoon. In formation with CTU 1.2.7. Anchored in lee of Eneu Island. InstrumentationTeamaboard.underway proceeding to target ship USS Niaqara (APA-87). Moored to Niaqara. Underway proceeding to target ship USs Geneva (APA-86). Moored to Geneva. Moored to target ship USS Bladen (APA631, Underway for special anchorage. Boardingoperationscompleted,Instrumentation Team returned to USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14). Anchored in berth Queen, Biklni. Underway for mooring array. Moored to Tuna; engaged in operations. Anchored off Bikini to pick up buoy for mooring. Anchored off Ionchebi Island to take buoy up to anchor. Mooring completed. underway to anchorage in berth Queen, Eneu Island. Anchored in berth Queen. Anchored off berth 380. Underway to perform Operations for strument group. Boarding team discharged. Anchored in assigned berth.

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Engaged in operations In target array to salvage underwater instruments.