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 USS Hughes (OD-410)

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USS Independence ( C V L - 2 2 )

Three officers and boarding party reboarded ship for salvage and inspection work. Boarding party departed. Fourofficersandboardingpartyreboarded for inspectlon. Rear admiral boarded ship for inspection of damage. Rear admiral and party departed. Ship's boarding party departed for Rockinqham.

24 August 1700 All Huqhes personnel on Rockinqham underway for Kwajalein. 28 August 0900 Transferred entire crew of Huqhes to remanned target ship USS Niaqara (APA-87). Huqhes decommissioned. 16 September Topside average 0.3 R/24 hours (Reference 7).

Huqhes was towed to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in May Commanding officer and electronics offi- 1947, arriving on 31 May. for radiological tests. cer with boarding party reboarded ship to continue damage inspections and assist in salvageoperations.Boardingparty HUNTINGTON, ROBERT K.; see USS ROBERT K. HUNTINGTON returned to Rockinqham. (00-781) USS INDEPENDENCE (CVL-22) Executive officer. first lhutenant, and boarding party boarded ship for inspecCrew Slze: 343 tion and salvage operations. Boarding party departed ship for Rockinq-Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: Before 30 June 1946 Blktnl Atoll Departure: 25 August 1946 ham. Crew Locatlon for Shot ABLE: USS Rockwall (APA-230) Crew Locatlon for Shot BAKER: Rockwall Shot ABLE Locatlon: 650 yards (594 meters)SW Captainandelectronlcsofficerwith boarding party reboarded ship to conShot BAKER Locatlon: 1,420 yards (1.3 km) W tinuedamageinspectionsandsalvage Oecontamlnatlon Locatlon: San Franclsco operations. Sunk 26 January 1951 off the southern Callfornla coast Boarding party left ship and returned to Rockinqham. Task Unlt and Functlon Independence. a small aircraft carrier. was a target vessel during CROSSROADS. Its crew was evacCommanding officer and first lieutenant in Carrier uated before both shots. It served Division 31 of TU 1.2.2 (Aircraft Carrier Unit). reboarded ship with reboarding party for Independence carried ball-crusher gauges under the inspectionandsalvagework.Topside Ordnance Group and test aircraft on 7). its flight average 0 . 4 R/24 hours (Reference Boarding party departed for Rockinqham. deck.

Shot ABLE (1 Commandingofficer,executiveofficer, andboardingpartyreboardedshipfor 30 June salvage work. 1017 ShipdockedforinspectioninARD-29. 1315 Executive officer and party were relieved by first lieutenant and party. 1335-1402 Boarding party departed for Rockinqham. 1412 Commanding officer and others reboarded shipforinspectionpurposes;boarding team and executive officer departed. Boarding team reboarded ship to set materialconditionZebra:boardingteam departed for Rockinqham.

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Commandingofficerandothersboarded ship to assistin undocking. Ship undocked and taken in tow by VSs Shakamaxon (AN-88). Moored t o buoy: boarding party departed for Rockinqham.

2 July 1001 1730

July, 0900) Evacuated Group 11, atotal of 8 officers and 103 enlisted men to Rockwall. 6 CompletedevacuationofGroup111. officers and62 enlisted men. Inspection team aboard. Captain and his party of 7 officers and 12 enlisted men left for Rockwall. Ship completely secured and no personnel aboard.

A large fire was reported aboard. Unapproachable due to contaminated water surrounding ship (Reference 5 . p. E-11). Fire extinguished. More fires and explosions reported (Reference 5 . p. 6-11), Towed by ATA-180 to western target array. The fires were extinguished (Reference 6. pp. I-25-A, and I-34-A).

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4 July F i r s t lieutenant and boarding party reboarded ship to take aboard an anchor and 90 fathoms (162 meters)of chain. Boarding team departed for Rockinqham.

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By this date, initial boarding team had been aboard (date unknown) and declared the ship safe for reboarding by Teams A and B.