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 USS Nevada ( 8 8 - 3 6 ) 3 July 1430-1650 1515 1730 1735 1800 1925 1930 1948 2030 2040

USS Newman K. Perry (00-883)

1630Commandingofficerand 90 menreturned Party of nineteen aboard. to Clymer. Reboarding party B boarded to jnspect lower decks and engineering plants. 12, 14-16 August Gunnery officer and party of ten gunner Small groups of non-Nevada crewmembers mates returned to ship to inspect all magazines. boarded each day, probably ship inspection teams. Captain with reboarding party A returned to Clymer. 13 August Boardingparty B. exceptforsecurity watch, departed for Clymer. 0930-1100 A radiological monitor and five enlisted men returned to Nevada to remove special Party of eight men came aboard to retest equipment. radioactivity of ship. Navigator and security watch of three o€flcecs and seventeen enlisted men came 17 August Nine men boarded. 0745 aboard for the night. Commanding o€ficer and 103 men boarded. 0915 Remainder of B partyreturned to Clymer. 1215 Captain returned to ship for the night. Team of88 men boarded. 1425 Radioactivity inspection party left ship: Team of93 men departed. 1715 ship found clear of radioactivity except Commanding officer and the remainder of those aboard departed. aft of frame 114on main deck.

With the exception of a 20-man security watch, Nevada 18 August remained evacuated. After several days of radiological monitoring and repair work performed by various boarding teams. Nevada was found safe for reboarding by its 19 August crew on8 July. Shot BAKER (25 July, 0835)

24 July 30 July 1116

Crew evacuated to Clymer. ATA-180 reported recovering instruments from Nevada (Reference6. p. 7-1-8-51).

Nevada’screwtransferredtoremanned USS Cortland(APA-75)for targetship transportation to Kwajalein. Towed to Kwajaleln by Preserver. Sevenfrom man anchor team aboard Preserver Nevada.

22 August

Arrived at Kwajalein.

27 August

Average topside reading 0.6 R/24 hours.

1 October

Average topside reading 0. 4 R/24 hours.

1 August 1049

Nevada was tobed to Pearl Harbor for radiological inInspection by gSS Deliver (ARS-23) was spection. arriving 15 May 1947. completed and revealed Nevada to be very radioactive. Deliver’s boarding team came back on board (Reference6, p. 7-I-E-68). USS NEWMAN K. PERRY (DO-883)

2 August

Deliver worked €or 1-1/2 hours on Nevada using high-pressure water hoses (Reference 6, p. 7-1-8-74).

7 August 1000-1015 9 August 0745 1135 1300 1645

Three-man team boarded for inspection. Commanding officer and 27 men boarded. Sixteen men returned to Clymer. Teams A and B boarded. A and B deCommanding officer and Teams parted; Gelger readings on quarterdeck 1.9R/24hours,forecastle1.5R/24 hours.

Crew Slze: 280 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: 5 June 1946 Blklnl Atoll Departure: 4 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 30 nmi (56 km) NNE Shot BAKER Locatlon: 10 nml (19 km) NE Decontamlnatlon Locatlon: San Oiego Operatlonal Clearance: 17 January 196’ Flnal Clearance: 25 January 1947 Task Unlt and Functlon The destroyer Perry was a member of TG 1.6 (Navy Air Group). Destroyer Division 51. Its primary mission was to serve as a plane guard for the aircraft carrierUSS Saidor (CVE-117).

Shot ABLE ( 1 July, 0900) The entire ship was not opened up nor o € time. 30 June completely inspected due to lack other work requiring immediate action, 1351UnderwayfromBikini. and the still relatively high radloactivlty. There were no items of major damage1 July apparentthatappearedtohavebeen 1900Anchoredinberth304,Bikini. caused by BAKER. However. the ship was still highly radioactive topside and in 2 July some spaces below deck (Reference 2). 1535Anchoredinberth55-A. 1 0 August

0745 1015 1130 1315

Commanding officer and 91 men boarded. Team of 23 men boarded. A group of 104 men returned to Clymer. A team of80 men boarded.

4 July 1613UnderwayenroutetoKwajalein. 5 July 1006

Underway 1249

365

Anchored in berth 13. Kwajalein. for Roi Island.