promptly in case of underweter damage from torpedoes or mines;
complete surface lookout
covereses; ore 5" mont and one 4mm mount manned;
and complete ‘SY organization, including depth
cherre stations, manned.
c.
Vessels of ihe screen conducted continuous sound search.
411 vessels were darkened during darimess. During daylight and on
moonlight nichts all vessels steered zigzaz courses as prescribed by
CLG Ted.
3.
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On 3 March the GULL, SWALLOW, and rzLICAN were sailed under
escort to Kwajalein.
After replenishment at Kwajalein these vessels
were escorted to Station “ULL at Mili, FOLICAN at Ailinglapalap, and
SWALLOW at Bikini. On 5 March QUICK and DAVISON reported for operational control and were sailed to Kwajalein.
The aforementioned
vessels were placed under the operaticnal control of CTG 7.3 for speciel assignment in connection with operation Fitzwilliam, on & not-to-
inte-fere with Sandstone basis.
4.
Possible or probable submarine contacts by vessels and planes
of the Off-shore Petrol were reported as follows:
a.
(1)
At 1357 Mike on 20 February 1948, RABY (DE 698)
reported a sound contact bearing 252°T, distance
‘26 miles from center of ENIWETOK Atoll.
RABY
maintained contact and at 1615 Mike reported the
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