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 USS Suncock(AN-80)

USS Suncock(AN-80)

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Boardingteamreturnedwithreporton i3 July LCT-1013; underway for USS Wharton (AP-7) 0912 to return boarding team. Hove to off portside of Wharton; boarding team disembarked. 1045 Underway f o r berth P. 1458 Anchored in berth P oEf Eneu Island. Underway to inspect stern buoy on target ship USS Arkansas (BB-33). Moored to stern buoy of Arkansas to inspect buoy. Mooredtotargetship USS Pensacola's (CA-24) stern buoy to work on i t ; under way to =Palmyra (ARS[T]-3). Anchored In berth88. Bikini. Moored alongsideUSS Ottawa

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Underway to buoy array. Anchoredoutsidebuoyarraytoawait clearance of target ship Naqato. Commenced connecting leg to buoy in vicinity of Oneota. Alongside USS Rolette (AKA-99).

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Underway for mooring array to plant mooring buoy. Maneuvered into position to plant buoy. Planted mooring buoy. Alongside Rolette. Underwaytoplantbuoy;droppedstern anchor. Completed planting of buoy; underway for

1914

Moored to Rolette.

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Underway to Oneota. Moored to Oneota. Anchored oEf Henrico. Underway for Oneota to attach leg assembly to mooring. Moored to Oneota. Attachedmooringlegtomooring,commenced stretching leg. Planted leg: proceeded to Ottawa to load mooring leg assembly. Moored to Oneota. Attachedmooringlegtomooring: commenced stretching leg. Completed laying leg assembly; proceeded to anchorage. Anchored north of berth 35, Bikini.

Underway to go alongside Oneota [moored off stern of target ship E S Saratoqa (CV-3)I. 1020-1045 Attached leg to buoy; commenced stretching leg. Dropped leg: proceeded to 0 1 IO5 to receive mooring gear. 1725 Underway from Ottawa to target ship Salt Lake City (CA-25) to plant buoy. 1829-1842 Planted buoy: proceeded to anchorage. 1900 Anchored near berth 144A. Bikini.

Underway t o buoy array to plant mooring buoy. Proceeding to plant clumpsfor buoy. Completed dropping clumps. Alongside Ottawato collect mooring gear. Underway to buoy array to attach leg to 16 July buoy clump. Attached leg to buoy clump. 0745 Alongside Ottawa to receive mooring gear. 1440 Planted mooring gear in buoy array and I520 dropped clumps. Moored between buoysfor the night. 1620-1725 2001 Anchored in berth 128. Bikini. 11 July 1457 Alongside Rolette. 19 July Anchored in berth 56A. Bikini. 1326 Underway to buoy array. Planted buoy in array. Underway to cut loose buoy. Completed cutting buoy and securedi t to target vessel LCT-816. Anchored in berth21A, Bikini. Alongside USS Henrico (APA-45). Anchored in berth 51, Bikini.

receive wire from target vessel ARE-13. Anchored north of Nevada near berth 143. of N & Underwayinvicinitynorth awalting orders to attach leg assembly alongside ARK-13. Cast off ARK-13. Attached leg assembly. Completeddroppinglegassembly;proceeded to anchorage near USS Fall River (CA-131). 91, Anchored off Fall Rivet near berth Bikini.

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Underway to vicinity north of target ship USS Nevada (BB-36) and then standby to

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Underway to Ottawa and Henrico. Received buoy via 1.CM to complete mooring assembly. Underway for vicinity of target ship UJS New York (88-34). Planted buoy. Anchored off E S Tombiqbee (Am-11). Anchored in berth 207A. Bikini Proceeding to target ship Naqato; simulated boarding of Naqato. Anchored In berth 88. Bikini. Anchored near berth 108. Bikini. Underway to vicinity of Saratoqa. Moored to stern buoy of Saratoqa; planted all buoys while in vlcinity of Saratoqa. Anchored southof berth 116. Bikini.