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 USS Reclalmer(ARS-42)

USS Reclalmer(ARS-42)

12 July

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1615 proceeded to target ship USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). 1623 Underway from vicinity of Salt Lake City. Anchored in berth 324. Underway from berth 324 to go alongside 1705 ARE-13 to discharge four reels of wire. 19 July Moored alongside ARK-13 in vicinity of Eneu Island. 1325 Discharged four reels of wire ARE-13. to 21 July Underway fromARE-13. 0820 Anchored in berth 324. 1023 1047 Underway from berth 324. proceeding to 1140 vicinity of berth 161 to assist in re1145 mooring =Lake City. 1210 Laying to in vicinity of Salt Lake City. Passed tow wire to Salt Lake City and 23 July commenced towing i t to berth 164. 0923 Anchored Salt Lake City in berth 164. Let go tow cable. 1005 Moored starboard side to Salt Lake City. 1225 Underway from alongside Salt Lake City. Anchored in berth 129. 1318 1340 Haven to salvage Underway for vicinity of LCM 1425 Took sinking LCM C-43 in tow and pro1818 ceeded to USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5). Moored to Gunston Hall near berth 94. 1850 Let go sinking LCM to Gunston Hall. 1910 Underway from alongside Gunston Hall to berth 43. Anchored in berth 43.

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Secured manila line to stern of Naqato and commenced swingingit to port. Secured Naqato stern to buoy, cast off tow line, and got underway for berth 164. Moored to buoyin berth 164. Anchored near berth 129. Anchored in berth 43. Underway to plant sonar buoys. Planted first sonar buoy in vicinity of Yomyaran Island. Planted second buoy. Underway to anchorage berth. Anchored in vicinity of berth 129. Underwayto go alongsideUSSHenrico (APA-45). Moored alongside Henrico. Underway from Henrico to USS Gypsy (ARSD-1). Moored to G m. Underway fromG m, proceeding to vlcinityoftargetsubmarine USS Pilotfish (SS-386). in berth 161. Moored to mooring buoy Underway from berth 161 to go alongside Pilotfish to suspend anchors. Moored alongside Pilotfish. Commenced suspending first of 4-ton anchors on Pilotfish.

Shot BAKER ( 2 5 J u l y, 0835)

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Underway from berth 43 to vicinity of target ship Naqato. Moored starboard side to Naqato. Made preparations for getting underway.

24 July 0040 0057 0104 0823

Underway from alongside Naqato. 0840 Anchored in berth 144. Bikini. 1130 Underway from berth 144 to Naqato. 1311 Moored to portsideof Naqato. Underway from portside of Naqato, pro25 July ceeding to berth. 0945 Anchored in berth 144. 1052 Commanding officer commenced divlng oper1116 ations to inspectship's hull. Secured diving operations. Underway from berth 144, proceeding to vicinity of Naqato. 1737 Secured line to starboard side of Naqato and commenced towing to prevent Naqato 26 July from swinging toward USS Preserver 1425 (ARS-8). 1500-1752 Let go starboard anchor. Underway in vicinity of Naqato. 1805 Proceeding to portsideof Nasato. Passed tow line to Naqato in preparation 1815 to tow it to assigned position. 1854 Commenced towing Naqato. Anchored Naqato in position. 450 yards 27 July (412 meters) from Nevada. 0815 Cast loose tow wire from Naqato. 1000 Moored to buoy in berth 164. 1025 Made all preparations for getting under1200 way. 1220 Underway for vicinity of Naqato.

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Finished suspending anchors from fish. =red Pilotfish. proceeding to mooring. Moored to buoy berth 161. 161. proceeding to Underway from berth vicinity of Palmyra. Anchored in vicinity of berth 129. Embarked CTU 1.2.7. Underway to area Mercury.

Task unit proceeded to area Caterpillar. Began maneuvering t o reenter lagoon. Proceededthroughouttargetarrayto inspect targets. outside of Red Line (1 R/24 hours) and inside Blue Line (0.1 R/24 hours), awaiting satisfactory conditions before proceeding to center of the target array. Anchored in berth 369, Bikini. Underway from berth 369. Engaged in towing and beaching target ship USS Hughes (DD-410). Proceeding to target array in vicinity of target ship USS Fallon (APA-81). Left target array. Anchored in berth 370, Bikini. Underway from berth 370 to target array. Completed inspection of target array. Anchored near berth 368. Underway to vicinity of Huqhes. Anchored off Eneu Island.