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 USS Ingraham (DD-694)

USS Independence (CVL-22) 18 August Shot ABLE (1 July, 0 9 0 0 )

surfacesexposedtoweather.Boarding party left. 1000 Commenced transferring personnel to other units for return to United States. 19 August 0930-1320 Boarding party of 41 men and 2 monitors boarded.Proceededwithinspectionof ship, opening of compartments. testing for explosive gases, and radioactivity. Soundings were taken of all voids in engineering and C and R spaces. No unusual soundings indicating hull damage other than slight derangementof loose articles of furniture.

1 JulysteamingindependentlyinareanearPoint victor, 1823Stoppedallengines:layingtoforpurpose of takingreadings:evidenceof slight radioactivity in area.

Underway. 1900 1941Layingtototakereadings. 2241Layingtototakereadings. 10 n m i (130 km) 2308Underwayinareaabout norlh of Bikini l o collecl scientific data in connection with CROSSROADS.

2 July A 19 August report documented the radiation found on 0100-0501 Independence as follows:0.4 R/24 hours in the forward 1254 D.C. pump room and trunk and compartments A203-2A. 1319 A203-1A, A202-A. C407L. C408L. C202L: CPO mess was 4 1 R/24 hours starboardside: R/24 hours portside and 3-4 July compartment C414T was 2 R/24 hours, C206L was 1 R/24 0.6 5 July hours. C515E (8 inches of water) and C309L were R/24 hours, and C308-3A and C310L were 1.5 R/24 hours. 1306 20 August Reboarded Independence. Three radsafe monitors accompanied the 43-man boarding party. 0835-1200 Director of Ship Katerial aboard to inspect engnieering spaces. hull, electrical systems, and armament. 1320 Evacuated ship.

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21 August 1210 0900-1300 Forty-man boarding party with one radiological monitor reboarded ship to pump out engineering spaces and close up ship; 1225 topside average 0.65 R/24 hours (Reference 7). Boarding party returned .A-to 9 July 22AugustIndependencedecommissioned. 25AugustTowedtoKwajaleinbyUSSMunsee(ATF-10July 1 0 1 ). readings.bathythermographCompleted 1 OctoberTopsideaverage0.4R/24hours(Reeerence 1 ).

Laying to to take oceanographic readings. Entered Bikini Atoll. Anchored in berth 344. Routine activities. Anchored in berth 116. after refueling from USS Enoree (AO-69). Radiological and oceanographic personnel left ship. Routine activities. Underway from Bikini Lagoon en route to Point Nan (about 20 nmi [31km] north of Bikini) for oceanographic survey. Stoppedallenginestobeginoceanographic survey. Layingtoandtakingbathythermograph data every 20 minutes. Layingto,adjustingpositiontotake oceanographic data.

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undemay. 1210 Joined formation with USS Allen K. Sumner and (DD-692) K. Huntinqton (DD-181).

On 16 June 1941 Independence arrived at San Francisco where it underwent decontamination studies until 1951. 11 July 1043 Koored to Anchored 1222 USS INGRAHAM (DO-694)

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USS Chikaskia (AO-54). in berth 116. Bikini.

14 0525UnderwayforoperatingPointVictotfor BAKER air rehearsal. 1106 Anchoredinberth 116.

Crew Slze: 237 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: Before 1 July 1946 Biklnl Atoll Departure: 10 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 20 nml (37 km) N Shot BAKER Locatlon: 16 nmt (30 km) NW Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: Puget Sound November 1946 Operational Clearance: 19 Flnal Clearance: 21 November 1946

18 July 1242UnderwaytoPointVictor.

Task Unlt and Functlon The destroyer Inqraham served in Destroyer Divi1, under TG 1.7 sion 12. DestroyerSquadron (Surface Patrol). Its €unctions were to conduct oceanographic surveys and do radiological monitorinside outside lagoon. ing and the Underway 1418 Bikini. for

19 July Joined formation 1035with USS Laffey (DD124). Huntinqton. andUSS Ualke (DD-123). 2142LayingtooffAdrikanIslandtoconduct radiological survey rehearsal (Operation Colgate).

20 July 1601Anchoredinberth116N.

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