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 USS Quartz ( I X - 1 5 0 )

Prinz Eugen

beginning of this period and increased to 33 men as the radiation level decreased. of this period, as below Near the end decks spaces were radiologically cleared, 125 engineers boarded each day to make the propulslon system operational.

Crew Locatlon for Shot Able:.ERocklnqham (APA-229) Crew Location for Shot BAKER: Rocklnqham Shot ABLE Location: 1,194 yards (1.1 km)WNW Shot BAKER Locatlon: 1,990 yards (1.8 km) WNW Sunk 2 2 December 1946, Kwajalein

Task Unlt and Functlon prinz Euqen was a memThe captured German cruiser Radlatlon readings aboard Prinz Euqen between 4 August ber of TU 1.2.1 (Rattleship and Cruiser Unit). and 1 October are listedin Table A.10. Cruiser Division 2 3. It was a target vessel during CROSSROADS tests and contained representative 16 August 0805PrinzEuqenpersonneltransferredtoreitems from the Army Signal Unit. Its CROSSROADS manned target ship USS Bladen (APA-63). crew, composedof U.S. personnel, was removed from the ship before each test. Prinz Euqen was acUSS Munsee(ATFtually commissioned during Its ferrying to Biklnl 20AugustTowedtoKwajaleinby hull number of IX-300. 107). and was given the Shot ABLF (1 J u l y, 0900)

Prinz Euqen was later beached on Carlson Island. Kwajalein. and sank in December 1946.

1 July

1820

2 July 1250

Reclaimer (ARS-42)completedinspecting prlnz Euqen (Reference 6. p. VII-I19A-A).

USS

Table A.lO. Radiation readlngs (R/24 hours) aboard Prlnz Euqen main deck.a " "

Date

Conserver(ARS-39)wasdirected to place a team on Prim Euqen (Reference 6, p. VIL-I-30-A). 1456 Conserver reported Prinz Euqen Geiger sweet (Reference 6. p. VII-J-32-A). Overallconditionwasgoodwlthnomajor damage. A fromRockinqhamto 1540DisembarkedTeam p'lnz Euqen. USS

4 5 b 7 8 9 10 14 1

3 JulyCrewreturnedaboardtolive. 21 July 1250Crewevacuatedto

Rco4ckinqham.

August 0956

2 August

1152 1237

3 August 1110-1208 1330-1630

clamp

High

1 .o 0.9 0.54 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3

August August August August August August August August October

3.1

2.0 1.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.45 0.35

4.5 3.7 3.5 1.3 1.5

8.0 1.2

NO decontamination requlr ed below armor deck. Source: Reference 4.

USS Clamp (ARS-33) was dlrected to place a boardlng team on board Prinz Euqen (Reference 6. p. VII-1-67- R ). USSDeliver(ARS-23)wasdirected to proceed to the vicinity of USS Wharton (AP-7) to pick up a boarding team, pro-ceed to Prlnz Euqent o wash it down with high-pressure streams and place boarding teamsaboard if radiologicaltolerance permitted (Reference 6. p. VI1 -1-71 -B). reported completing a 4-hour washdown of Prinz Euqen and placed boarding team on board. De-r inspection of Prinz Euqen complete: the boarding teams returned aboard 6, p. their respective ships (Reference VII-1-74 -8).

Average

Note:

Shot BAKER (25 J u l y, 0835) 1

Mlnlmum

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USS QUARTZ (IX-1

Crew Slze: 50 Bikini Atoll Arrival: 6 April 1946 Bikini Atoll Departure: 22 August 1946 Shot ABLF Location: Anchored at KwaJalein Shot BAKER Locatlon: Rongelap Atoll Oecontaminatlon Locatlon: Puget Sound Operatlonal Clearance: 12 December 1946 Final Clearance: 13 December 1946

Task Unlt and Functlon Concrete barge Quartz was a member of 'Tu 1.8.1 (Repair and Service Unit). Large ships obtained dry provislons from this barge.

Prlnz Euqen boarded by initial boarding Shot ABLF (1 July, 0900) Team A. The after engine room wds flooded All com1 July Anchored in berth 79A, KwajaleinAtoll. with 30 inches (76 cm) of water. partments were pumped dry. CTG 1.2 o r dered an I.CM sent t o the windward side 3 Julv of Rikini for a load of sand to scrub i430Underway i n towby USS Munsee (ATF-107) d m Erin2 Euqen (Reference 11). for Bikini. Roarded dailyf o r decontamination by four 2 teams of crewmembers rotating every hours. Teams consisted O F 17 men at the

4 July

1925 Anchored Island.

2

nmi

(3.7 km)

off Bikini