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 USS Suncock (AN-80)

USS. Stack ~ (DO-406)

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7 August 0920-0955 10 August 0830

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i t assistedinrecoveringaninstrumentation string and 2,000 feet (610 meters) of cable lald by USS Current (ARS-22) before BAKER day.

USS Etlah (AN-79)alongside Stack: placed team aboard (Reference1, W a h ).

Shot A B L E (1 J u l y, 0900) Captain. engineeringofficer, gunnery offlcer, first lieutenant, and eight-man worklng partyreboarded Stack to make visuallnspectiontopsidesandbelow decks. EngineeringofEicer,gunneryofficer, first lieutenant,andpartofworking party left Captaln and remalnder of working party left ship.

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Stack.

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Captain.flrstlieutenant,engineering offlcer.andworkingpartyreboarded Stack to holst anchor. 18 menleft Enqlneerinqofficerand

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Captain,firstlleutenant,andworking party left Stack.

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19 August 1047-1137 1130 p.m. 20 August

21 August

Deliver(ARS-23)moored to S t a c k (Reference 1, Deliver). Engineering officer. monitor, and seven enlisted men boarded to hoist anchor for towing. Towed to Kwajaleln by ATA-192. Topside average 0.6 R/24 hours (Reference 7).

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Arrived at Kwajalein (Reference 1, ATA192).

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crew (86 enlisted men) transferred USS Rockwall (APAfromRockinqhamto 230).

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Stack

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Stac)c decommissioned. All mattresses, linen.blankets.napery,manilallnes, if and cleaning rags were disposed of theyhadbeencontaminated. All waste material and dirt had been removed from the ship before evacuation on RAKER D-1 (Reference 4).

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30 September Topside average 0.25 R/24 hours. 1037 SUMNER, ALLEN M. ; see USS ALLEN M. SUMNER (00-692) 045 USS SUNCOCK (AN-80) 050

Crew Slze: 43 Blklnl Atoll Arrlval: By 2 April 1946 Elklnl Atoll Departure: 30 August 1946 Shot ABLE Locatlon: 18 nml (33 km) SE Shot BAKER Locatlon: 18 nml (33 k m ) SE Decontamlnatton Locatlon: Puget Sound

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Operatlonal Clearance: 12 December 1946 Ftnal Clearance: 13 December 1946

Task Unlt and Functlon

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The net laylng shlp Suncock was a member of TU 1.2.7 (Salvage Unlt). Suncock's duties included monitoring target vessels, salvaging damaged target vessels after the tests, performlng emergency repairs. and flghting fires. Followlng shot BAKER

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With USS Oneota (AN-85) placed special moorlngs for small boats and LCTs off Eneu Island at the request of CTU 1.8.3. Ordered to proceed east of array and have a monitor check ATA-192's firefighting equipment. Requested to provide a radiological report of ATA-192 flreflghting equipment. for ATA-192 Suncockreportedunderway (Reference 6. p. VII-I-14-A). Reported proceedlng t o target ship U s Gasconade (APA-85) (Reference 6. p. VIII-15-A). Directed to place team on target ships Gasconade or USS Butte (APA-68). Boarding Gasconade (Reference6, p. VIII-16-A). Reported Gasconade Geiger sweet. Requested a firefiqhtinq ship to fiqht the fire in Butte. Boarding team on target shlp USS Cortland (APA-75). Reported Cortland Geiger sweet but dangerous due t o several fires in vicinity of the ammunition (Reference 6. p. VIII-19-A). Anchored in berth Peter. Bikini. "

Underway for Butte, resumlng salvage work begun on ABLE day. of * B Hove to off starboard quarter while boarding team went aboard the vessel. Boarding team came aboard with report on B S : proceeded toward targetvessel U s Barrow (APA-61). Hove to off starboard side of Barrow: proceeding to Cortland. Hove to of€ starboard quarter of Cortland whlle boarding team went aboard the vessel. Boardingteamreturnedwithreporton Cortland: proceeded to seaplanes anchored in harbor. Stopped near anchored planes: boarding team aboard planes. Boarding team returned aboard with report on planes: proceedlng to target ship Wainwriqht (DD-419). Stopped off bow of Wainwriqht: boardlnq team went aboard the vessel. Boardingteamreturnedwithreporton USs Walnwriqht: proceedlng to target shlp Wilson (DD-408). Hove t o o€f stern of Wilson;boardingteamwentaboardthe vessel. with reporton Boardingteamreturned Wilson: proceeding to target vessel LCT705. Boardingteamreturnedwithreporton LCT-705: boarding team proceeding to target vessel LCT-1013.