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 USS Parche ( S S - 3 8 4 )

USS Panamlnt ( A G C - 1 3 )

1 July 1541

TableA.7.

from Anchored in berth 250. Observers Panamint inspected the entire target area in small boats and were permitted to USS Arkansas board target ships Nevada. (88-33). and German cruiser Prinz Euqen (Reference 6, p. VII-Q-9).

2 July 0954 Underway. 1040 Target ship Japanese cruiser Sakawa sighted sinking by the stern. 1145Anchored in berth20.

Number o f men d e c o n t a m l n a t l n g USS Parche (SS-384)betweenband21Augustand t h e l rl e n g t h s o f t l m ea b o a r d.

Date

b August 7 August

8 August

Left Bikini Atoll.

10August

11 August

6 July 0955Anchored at Kwajalein. 1500BeganthePacificcruise thathadbeen plannedtooccupytheinterimperiod between ABLE and BAKER (Reference 6 . p. VII-Q-9). Shot BAKER ( 2 5J u l y ,0 8 3 5 )

24 July 1145SailedfromKwajalein. 25 JulyPanamlntreturnedtotheBikiniarea before the BAKER detonation. 1735 Anchored in berth 382. Bikini Lagoon, just inside Eneu Channel. Radioactivity in the water around the target array prevented Panamint from going into the lagoon for inspection. The observers were allowed to examine a target ship. Huqhes (DD-410). beached on Eneu Island to prevent it from sinking. The observers viewed Hughes at close range from small boats (Reference 6, p. VII-Q-10). 27 July 1820

12August 12August 13August 13August 14August 14August 15 August 15 August 16August 17August 18August 19August 20August 20 August 21August Note:

12 10

1500 1100 1300

1300 0900 1100 0900 0900 1300 0830 0900 0830 1300 0830 1300

9August

5 July 1700

Number men

OnD eoBpfoaarrtde d

1100 1100 1600 1100 1200 1100 1530 1130 1530 1100 1530 1400 1800 1530 1530 1500 1730 1600 0100 1500

0830 1300 0900 1400 0830 0830 0900 0900 0900 1600 0900

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20 20 20 30 8 20 20 20 20 30 20 "

-_ 40 40 20

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"

"

- - l n d l c a t e s" n ov a l u eg l v e n . " 1, Parche.

Source: Reference

T a b l e A.8

T o p s l d es h l p b o a r dc o n t a m l n a t l o n (R/24hours)aboard USS Parche

(SS-384). Left Bikini for Kwajalein(Reference p. VII-Q-10).

6, Oate

Bow

Average Amldshlps Stern

USS PARCHE (SS-384) 5.2

31 J u l y 1 August 2 3 August August 6 1.6a 0.80.6 0.6August 7 2.5 0.4 8 August August 9 0.3 10August 0.2 0.2 12August 14August 0.12 T a s kU n l ta n dF u n c t i o n 0.2 15August The submarine Parche was a member of TU 1.2.4 17August 0.15 (Submarine Unit), Submarine Division 112, serving 18August 0.08 as a target vessel. Its crewAugust was evacuated before 0.2 20 Crew S l z e : 61 B l k l n4.1 lA t o l lA r r i v a l : 22 May 1946 August B l k l nA l t o lD l eparture: 22 August 1946 Crew L o c a t l o nf o rS h o t ABLE: USS B o t t l n e a u( A P A - 2 3 5 ) Crew L o c a t l o nf o rS h o t BAKER: B o t t l n e a u Shot ABLE L o c a t t o n 1:, 3 6 6y a r d s( 1 . 3 km) SSW Shot BAKER L o c a t l o n 1:, 5 8 0y a r d s ( 1 . 4 km) SW O e c o n t a m l n a t l o Ln o c a t l o n : San F r a n c l s c o ScrappedJuly1970

each shot. The Electronics Group had installed equipment for electronic experiments aboard it. The group monitored 15 separate pieces of radio and radar equipment aboard the boat.

3.5 3.5 3.0 2 .o 1.6

0.8 0.b 0.57

0.5 0.5

0.8b 0.35

0.3 0.50 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

0.05 0.1

0.71

0.80 0.40 0.27 0.322 0.211 0.236

Note: a g e l o wd e c k sr e p o r t e dr a d l o l o g l c a l l ys a f e openedbAugustexceptfortheconnlngtower ( 0 . 3 R / 2 6h o u r s )a n dm a t nl n d u c t l o np l p e( 2 . 0 ( R / 2 4h o u r s ).

Shot ABLE ( 1J u l y ,0 9 0 0 )

2 July 0935

5.1

ParchereportedGeigersweet(Reference 6. p. VII-I-A-24).

Source: Reference

1155 Teams A and B reboarded.

375

4.

when