defickencies disclosed in KOON and ECHO, actual yields (in negatons) » shot
locations, detonation dates and local times were as follows:
SHOT
BRAVO
nCTUAL 05
15
SHOR_SITE
Land surface
DETONATION
DaTZ LCC..L TIME
near Nam,
1 Mareh 1954
C645
3927 March 1954
0630
7 april 1954
0$20
Biicind
ROMEO
1. 70.5
KOON
0.11 £ 0,02
UNION
7.9 £ 0.5
YANKEE
~~ 13.5 #1.5
NECTAR
1.7 40.3
Barge in FRAVO
erater, Bikini
t
Land Surface,
Eninman, Bilini
Barge off Yurechi, 26 .pril 1954
Biker
0610
Barge off Yurechi, 5 May 1954
0610
Barge MIKE crater 1 May 1954
0620
off Teiteripuchi,
Eniwetok
Ce.
Cnesite Operations
(1) The onesite phase of C..STLE commenced with the esteblishnent
of command posts in the forward area on 17 January 1954.
«rriv2l of cajor
components in the forward area was phased to coincide with the imedicte
operational needs.
By 1 February 1954 all tesk force elements had arrived
in the forward area and preparations were begun for the conduct of the full
scale rehearsal, Extensive preliminary communications checks were cade ind
on 23 ?ebruary tho rehearsal, for the first shot was successfully carried out.
This was the onlyfull scale rehearsal conmiucted.
Since all shots were
statically detonated sand operations were similar, each detonation served as
a rehearsal for the one to follow,
d.
BR.VO was detonated on 1 March 1954,
Prior to this shot all
personnel were cvacuated from Bikini .toll, oxcept for a small firing perty
which remained in a bunker on Null (Enyu Island), approximately twenty ailes