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 USS GYPSY ( A R S D - 1 ) 3 August 1355 1445 1455 2100 2114 2215 4 August 0025 0114 5 August 0855 1005 1010 1610 1630 1645

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USS GYPSY(ARSO-1)

Tuna.

Anchored in area of sweeping for anchors. Underway to area of Dentuda to anchor and sweep. Anchored. Recovered two anchors and chain. Underway, proceeding to lee of Ionchebi Island to discharge anchor and chain. Laying tooffnorthsideofIonchebi Island. discharging anchor and chain. Completed discharging anchor and chain. Anchored south of numbered berths. near berth 376. Underway to Palmyra. Anchored off Eneu Island, commenced recovering submarine anchors. Moored to spring buoy astern of anchorage. Salvaged anchors. Underway for wetstorageoffIonchebi Island to disposeof anchors. Anchored off Ionchebi Island.

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Underway to retrieve anchors. In vicinity of Ionchebi Island to retrieve anchors. Underway to retrieve cable. Cable retrieved. Underway, laying to off Coucal. Underway to anchorage. Anchored in assigned berth.

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Underway to salvage wire slings from raven. Moored to Searaven. recovering wire slings. Started to clear side of Searaven, anchor fouled with Searaven anchor chains. Cleared fouled anchor chain; laying to while awaiting orders from CTU 1.2.7. Underway, proceeding to anchorage. Anchored in assigned berth. Moored to spring buoy in berth 54-A. Underway to recover partiallysunken LCM. C o m n c e d recoveryoperations of LCM first line to boat. Completed salvaging LCM, proceeding to vicinity of Rolette. Anchored near Rolette. Released LCM. Moored to spring buoy in berth 54-A.

Underway to Dentuda and T u n a to discharge anchor and chain.

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Underway. Moored to target submarine USS Skate (SS305). Underway after transferring anchor and chain to skate: proceeding to assigned berth. Moored to berth 54-A. Underway. Moored to target vessel LCT-874. LCT in tow. heaving in E T ' S anchor. Anchor of LCT-874 away and underway to berth 133 to anchor LCT. Anchored LCT north of target ship gS3 LST-133 and berth163. Anchored in berth 54-A.

14-18 August Moored as before.

0815 Conducted diving operationsin connection with ballooned anchors. Conducted diving operations in connection with ballooned anchors. Underway to Ionchebi Island to dispose of anchors. Anchored.

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meed to Dentuda Underway, proceeding to assigned berth, unable to discharge anchor and chain. Moored to spring buoy 54-A.

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Underway to deliver chain to Fulton for Dent uda Anchored off Fulton and transferred chain. Completed discharging chain and anchor. Underway to w e t storage offIonchebl Island to recover this vessel's starboard anchor and one shot of chain. Recovered anchor and chain; proceeding to anchorage. Moored to berth 54-A.

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Moored as before. Underway. Moored alongside target ship USS New York (BB-34 Underway from alongside New York. proceding to berth 54-A. Moored to berth 54-A.

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Discharged winch to LCM. Underway to pick up anchor and chain of target ship USS Catron (APA-71). Anchored off Catron. Started heaving in Catron's anchor. Underway. shifting berths clear of @tron. Anchored clear of Catron, 500 yards (457 meters) south of berth226. Underway: proceeding

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B u t t e (APA-68) to take anchor and

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on board. Anchored off bow of B Z. Comenced taking In Butte's anchor. Underway for assigned anchorage. Anchored in berth 54-A. Fueled from Enoree. Received water from .-E Underway, proceeding to berth of USS LST388. Underway from vicinity of LST-388, proceeding to berth 54-A.