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 USS F a l l River (CA-131)

USS F a l l o n( A P A - 8 1 )

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28 July 2 nmi(3.7 1536Underwayforarea entrance of atoll.

1 July 1807

kml off

29 July 1319 Anchored in berth 386. Bikini Atoll. 30 July 0922 Shifted anchorage to berth

2 July 0925 1545

91. 1604

31 July-1 August Anchored in berth 91.

Fallon reported Geiger Sweet. Boarding team A. thecomnding officer, a radiological monitor. and 15 enlisted men came on board to inspect the ship. Team B. consisting of three officers and twenty-two enlisted men, came aboard. Fallon declared radiologically safe. The remainder of the teams returned to lon C, consisting of two officers and thirty enlisted men. came aboard. Team D, consisting of 35 enlisted men, came aboard.

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2 August 1415

Shifted to berth 359.

16 August 1655

Departed for Kwajalein Atoll.

17 August 0807 1655

Anchored in berthK-11, Kwajalein. Departed for Bikini.

18 August 0811

Anchored in berth 56. Bikini Atoll.

25 August 1700

1723

Fires were reported aboard ship (Reference 6. p. I-11-A).

1730 1922 4 July 0850

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The CROSSROADS Ordnance Disposal Officer came aboard.

5-10 July

Moced in berth 201.

11 July 1435

Shifted to berth161

Departed for Kwajalein Atoll. Shot BAKER ( 2 5 J u l y, 0835)

26 August 0857 31 August 1758 1 September 0905

24 July 1300

Anchored In berthK-11, Kwajalein. Left for Bikini.

26 July 1806 Returned t o Bikini.

4 September 1755 Left for Kwajalein Atoll. 27 July 0855 1030-1130

5 September 0903 Anchored in berthK-11, Kwajalein. 9 September 1558

All personnelhadbeenevacuatedto 3.

1436

Underway for Pearl Harbor.

14 September 0912MooredatPearlHarbor.

A reading of 4 R/24 hours on Fallon reported by USS Preserver (ARS-8) (Reference 6. p. I-17-B). Preserver was conducting radiological surveys of water in the area. Fallon had a 1-hour tolerance level. Commanding officer. engineering officer. and DSH inspected ship. -ached to prevent sinking (Reference 6, p. I-17-B: Reference 5. p. D-24).

13-21 August Boarded on 13. 15. 18, 19. 20. and August.Compositionofboardingparty unknown.

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USS FALLON (APA-81)

22 August 1330-1430

Crew S l z e : 127 28 May 1 9 4 6 BlklnA l tolA l rrlval: B l k l nAl t o lDl e p a r t u r e : 1 September 1946 Crew L o c a t l o nf o S r hot ABLE: USS Bexar(APA-237) Crew L o c a t l o nf o S r hot BAKER: Shot ABLE L o c a t i o n : 1.350 y a r d s( 1 . 2 km] SW Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n5: 4 0y a r d s( 4 9 4m e t e r s ) NNW Sunk 1 0M a r c h1 9 4 8n e a rK w a j a l e l nA t o l l

23 August 0900-1100

Bexar

25 August 1425

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Fallon. an attack transport. was a target vessel during CROSSROADS.Its crew was evacuatedfor each shot. It served in Transportation Division 91 of TU 1.2.6 (MerchantType Unit).

1510-1600 26 August 1100

Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y ,0 9 0 0 )

30 June 1330 All personnel had been evacuated

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Salvagepartyboardedtorigsalvage pumps * Ship’s crew left for Kwajalein. Salvage party boarded to complete rigging salvage pumps. USS Clamp (ARS-33) towed ship to mooring buoy For further salvage work. Ship inspected by commanding officer and engineering officer for flooded spaces. Commanding officer and engineering officer returned toBe>.

28 August

Deconmlssioned.

1 September

Left Bikini for Kwajalein. towed by Reclaimer (ARS-42).

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