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 USS New York (Be-34)

USS New York (BB-34) 29 J u l y 1212-1415 1634

30 July

31 July 1550

1 August 1025

3 August

5 August 1000-1500

6 August 1000-1300

7 August 0800-1500

8 August 0800-1545

9 August 0800-1545

100 men worked on the second deck and conslderable progress was made in cleaning up the second and third decks and the officers' quarters.

Washed down by .ATR-40 (Reference 6. p. 7-I-B-42). A radiologlcal monitor reboarded to take 6. p. 7-1Geigerreadings(Reference 8-46). Tolerance time had increased to 40 minutes.

10 August 0800-1545 Four teams were aboard for 2 hours each. The forecastle was again holystoned with boller compound, lye. and sand. Air castle and boat decks were washed down with boiler compound and lye: the main deck aft was washed down with saltwater (Reference 4).

Washeddown by ATR-40withahighpressure stream for 4 hours (Reference 6, p . 7-1-8-48).

ATR-40 reported New York was thoroughly foamed down using 430 cans of foam (RefTable A.5 shows the results obtained in reducing the erence 6. p. 7-I-E-62). forecastle's radioactivity by holystonlng with boiler compound, lye, and sand. USS Deliver (ARS-23) completed its inT a b l eA. 5D. e c o n t a m l n a t l o nr e s u l t s on U s spection of New York (Reference 6, p. New York ( B E - 3 4 )f o r e c a s t l e . 7-1 -8-67). Washed down thoroughly by US5 Preserver (ARS-8)using high-pressure streams. Qserver was to report Geiger readings from about 50 feet (15 meters) before and after washing (Reference 6, p. 7-I-B-77). Theinitialboardingteamboardedthe ship for decontamination operations. HaxNew imumradiationencounteredaboard York was 0.625 R/hr: average reading at the time of the last survey was 0.167 R/hr. a tug. Washdown procedure completed by Captain boarded ship with initial boarding team for inspection of shlp.

Readings(R/24 Frame No.

Bow 1 os 1 OP 20s i0P 30s 30P 40s 40P

hrs)

7 Aug

8 Aug

9 Aug

10 Aug

1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.3 2.0 2.0

0.1

0.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

0.6 0.45 0.5 0.5 0.5

0.6

0.5 0.62 1.2 1 . 30 . 6 1.2 1.1 1.0

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.6 0.7

0.5 0.5

S o u r c eR:e f e r e n c4e.

The first decontamination teams from the ship's company boarded. Four teams were used and were relieved every 2 hours and returned to Rockbridqe. The day was spentThe reduction jettisoning useless, highly radioactive deck aft from in Table A.6 materials. particularly debris and wood items. One group spent the day scoutlng 14-15 August forboilercompound,lye.cornstarch, scrubbers. gloves, boots. etc. Freshwater 0800-1600 wasprovldedbyRockbridqe.Byearly deternoon water was obtained from the 16 August flremain and the topslde was washed down, 0800 to with particular attentlon being paid the forecastle. 0830 1115 Four teams were aboard for 2 hours each. 1615 Necessary working materlals were now assembled and decontamlnation on the fore17 August castle began in earnest. Solutions of 1300-2000 boiler compound and lye were used, and the forecastle was washed down several times. Sand was obtained and holystoning 18 August 0800-1115 began. Cleaning up of the second deck was also started and numerous pools of water 1300-2000 removed, debris cleaned up, and hose gear 19 August straightened up. 0800-1100 0830-1500 Four teams were aboard for 2 hours each. 1300-1600 The forecastle was again washed d m and holystoned with boller compound. lye, and 20 August sand. Freshwater still had to be hauled 0800-1130 0900-1300 from Rockbridqe in cans. Approximately

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in radioactivity on the topside main 1s reported one washing with saltwater

Four teams aboard for 2 hours each. Engineering party aboard to make connectlons to recelve power from Reclalmer. DSH inspection parties and ship inspection parties aboard to collect data. All parties left ship except an englneering party and pumping detail. All hands clear of shlp. Two teams aboard2-1/2 hours each. Pumping detail aboard. Two teams aboard 2-1/2 hours each. Pumping detail aboard ship. Pumping detail aboard ship. Four team aboard for 2 hours each. Pumping detail on ship. Anchor detail on ship. Pumping detail on ship. Two teams aboard for2-1/2 hours each.

Pumping detail on ship. Anchor detail on ship.