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 LSM-60

USS Lowry (DD-770)

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29 July 0810 31 July 1316 2 August 1536 7 August 1001 8 August 1017

10 August 1631

1535 Arrived at Bikini and anchoredin Bikini Lagoon.

1540

Took on provisions from USS Dixie (AD14). Anchored at berth 190 South. Shiftedberths,finallyanchoring berth Love.

11 July 0530

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0550 0645 0709

Shifted to anchorage 190 South. 0855 1400 1430 1736

Anchored in berth 386. Underway with ships in Destroyer Squadron 7 for San Diego via Pearl Harbor after a firing run on target ship LCI-620. LSM-60

Crew S l z e :

1700

1842 1850

12 July 1400 1444 1530 1600 1610

40

Blklnl Atoll Arrlval:

1806

4 July 1946

Crew Locatlon for Shot BAKER: USS Albemarle (AV-5) Shot ABLE Locatlon: Kwajaletn

Shot BAKER Locatlon: Surface zero Sunk 2 5 July 1946, Blklnl Atoll

Task Unlt and Functlon TU Medium landing ship LSM-60 was a member of 1.1.1 (Laboratory Unit). It was the ship from which the bomb was suspended for shot BAKER. Its crewwasevacuatedbeforeBAKERanddidnot return. Shot ABLE ( 1 July, 0900)

15 July 1140 1215

Commenced raising detector bell. Detector bell clearof water.

16 July 0545 0610

3 July 0830-0917 1152

0629 0723 YW-94 alongsidet o deliver water. USS Gunston Hall Underway from buoy to 0729 (LSD-5) for docking with assistance of 0810-1130 USS Munsee (ATF-107) and two YTBs. 1215 Commenced entering Gunston Hall. YTB-469 cast off. 1224 Munsee cast off. 1255 Moored in Gunston Hall. 1310 Entered Gunston Hall. With Gunston Hall underway to Bikini. 18 July 0515 0540 Entered Bikini Lagoon. 0605 Gunston Hall anchored in assigned berth. 0610 Clear of Gunston Hall. 0730 Anchored in berth 38. Bikini. 0740

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July 1345 1410 1435 1445

ATA-124 alongside. Underway to shift to berth 54A. Moored to buoy in berth 54A. ATA-124 underway from starboard side.

0825 0843 0900 1213

8 July 0705 0734 0805

ATA-180 came alongside portside. Underway from berth 54A to berth 161. Commenced mooring. ATA-180 got underway from alongside. Completed mooring to four mooring buoys in berth 161. Bikini. Commenced lowering Underwater unit. Underwater unit at desired depth.

Moored to mooring buoy G at Kwajalein.

4 July 0831 0920 1000-1245 1330

t o assist in ATA-180camealongside shieting becths. Underway from berth 54A. to four-point mooring in berth 161. ATA-180 underway from alongside. Completed mooring to four mooring buoys in berth 161. Commenced lowering underwater unit. Commenced raising underwater unit. Unit clear of water. ATA-180 moored alongside out portside to assist in shifting berths. Underway from four-point mooring in berth 161. Moored in berth 54A. Biklnf. ATA-180 underway from alongside.

14 July 1600 1645

30 June

1228 1229 1230 1236 1255-1315 1345

ATA-180 alongside starboard side to asslst in shifting mooring. UnderwayfromalongsideAlbemacleen route to berth 54A. Moored in berth 54A.

in changing ATA-180mooredtoassist berths. Underway from berth 54A to moor alongside Albemarle. Moored alongsideAlbemaKk.

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1700 1730 1910

Commenced unmooring. ATA-180camealongsidetoassistin shifting berth. Underway from mooring buoys. Moored to Albemarlein berth 40. ATA-180 left from alongside. Stcipped ship in preparation €or BAKER. ATA-180 alongside to assist in shifting berth. Underway from alongside Albemarle. in berth 54A. Moored to mooring buoy ATA-180 got underway. ATA-180 alongside starboard. Underway from berth 54A. Moored to Albemarle in berth 40. ATA-180 got underway. ATA-180 alongside starboard side. UnderwayfromalongsideAlbemarleen routetoassignedmooringbuoyswith assistance of ATA-180. commenced mooring. ATA-180 got underway from alongside. Completed mooring to four mooring buoys in berth 161. One officer and twelve enlisted men evacuated to Albemarle. Commenced lowering detector bell. Detector bell lowered t o desired depth. Two officers and twenty-one enlisted men evacuated to Albemarle: one officer and three enlisted men remained on board.