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 USS Skate ( S S - 3 0 5 )

USS Skate ( S S - 3 0 5 ) 5 August 1005-1045 topside for 1 hour with handybi 1ly pump. Threw all topside manila lines overboard, 1500-1730 as they were very radioactive. Vented pressure from all compartments. 6 August 1415-1515

7 August 1315-1450

14 August 0845-1545 Five officers and nineteen men boarded Skate and worked to reduce radioactivity. Scrubbed topside with boiler compound for 3/4 hour and washed down with one handybilly pump. Swabbed stern wlth hydroa definite, immechloric acid. There was 15 August diate drop in readings due to the acid 0930-1600 swab (Reference 4). Four officers and sixteen men boarded for decontamination work. E Wenatchee (ATF-118) gave Skate a lye bath inthemorning.Scrubbedwithboiler compound for 3/4 hour and washed down with one handybilly pump (Reference 4).

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11 August 0830-1405

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13 August 0815-1800

A decontamination party of five officers Wenatchee 1545 and fifteen men aboard gave Skate a second lye bath and a 2-hour hosing down wlth saltwater. Scrubbed for 1 hour with b o i ler compound. Washed down 17 August with one handybilly pump (Reference 4). 0945-1515

Skate.

Skate officers and crew transferred from E Bottineautoremannedtargetship Fillmore (APA-83). 19 August Decontamination team aboard. Washed down 0830-1500 topside with two handybilly pumps for 2 hours. Removed wood deck by after bathing hatch (Reference 4). Boarding team on Skate. Scrubbed forward 20 August of conning tower with trichloroethane. 0900-1500 Washed down for 2 hours with two handy-billy pumps (Reference 4). Working party on board.

USS Gypsy (ARSD-1) alongside to deliver

anchor and chain. USS Chickasaw (ATF-83) gave Skate a lye bath (Reference 4). Roarding team and monitor aboard. Scrubbedtopsidewlthboilercompound for a total of 3 hours and washed down thoroughly wlth two trim line hoses (Reference 4). Boarding term aboard. Scrubbed topside withboilercompoundandwasheddown thoroughly with t w o trim line hoses for 5 hours. Disposed of wood deck from forward 40MM platform. Monitor aboard. Boarded with 16-man maneuvering team and monitor; Skate underway. Anchored between berths 166 and 188. Washed down for 4 hours with two trim line hoses. All hands returned to Fillmore via decontaminationbargeAPL-27alongside Geneva (APA-86). Boarding team, monitor aboard. Commenced cutting away line lockers forward of connlng towers (Reference 4). Decontamination working party aboard for sandblasting. Completed cutting awaylinelockersforwardofconning tower. Washed down with one handybl lly pump. Commenced sandblasting hull between conning tower and main induction.

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Decontamination party aboard. Continued sandblasting between conning tower and main induction. Washed between hatch and conning tower for2 hours with one handybilly pump (Reference-4).

21 August Working party on board. 0845-1515 Boarding team onw e for topside deconRadlological monitor and electronics intamination work. spection party came on board. Decontaminated by USS Deliver (ARS-23). The readings forSkate are listed in Table A.12. Scrubbed topside with boiler compound for 2 hours and washed down with two trim 22 August 0630Three-mananchordetailaboardfortrip line hoses. Completed treatment uslng a to Kwajalein. lye bath (Reference 4).

Skate. Engaged in Working party aboard decontamination treatment. Scrubbed topside between FTR and AER hatches with boiler compound for a total of 4 hours trim line hoses. and washed down with Swabbed conning tower and periscope shears with hydrochloric acid, washed i t off. then repeated the operation.

23 August 1010Underway.towedbyATR-40toKwajalein. 24 August 1930Anchoredinberth

A-13, Kwajalein.

28 August Towed to San Francisco by USS Fulton (AS11). arrlving there on 22 October.

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