final PPG assembly to be made, since much of the more time consuming
work bad alreadybeen completed.
The
device (Zuni event) was stored and checked in Building
341 on Parry andthen loaded aboard an LSD for transport to Bikint Atoll.
_rhe final assembly was done on a concrete slab on Eninman Island. The
flevice was detonated at 0556 local time, May 28, 1956.
fee
The assembly of the
“\(Apache) was completed in CMR
Building 341 ard the complete package (warhead, missile nose cone, and
support stand) was transferred to the shot barge. The barge was towed to
the firing position in the Mike Crater and detonated at 0606 local time,
July 9, 1956,
.
The uC “Vdevice was stored and checked fn CMR Building 341 on
Parry, then shipped by T-boat and truck to the 300- it tower located on
Eniwetok Atoll, Station 3, Eberiru Island.
This final assembly
was completed in the shot cab on July 2 and detonated at 0606 local time,
July 3, 1956.
The]
.
_. device was stored and checked in CMR Building
841, then transported to the barge slip, and lowered aboard the barge.
The
barge was then transported by LSD to the shot location in Bikini Lagoon,
towed into position, and anchored.
anchored barge and the’
time, July 21, 1956.
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Final assembly was completed on the
“device was detonated at 05-6 local
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