AINSWORTH CURTISS PHILIP BAIROKO ESTES NICHOLAS BELLE GROVE At shot time, all of these ships except the NICHOLAS were in their assigned areas southeast of Bikini; the NICHOLAS was again on patrol midway between Bikini and Enewetak Atolls. During the afternoon of 26 April, the PHILIP began patrolling off Bikini and the other ships entered and anchored in Bikini Lagoon. The NICHOLAS, while still on station midway between atolls, encountered fallout between 1313-1429 hours, during which time its washdown system wasactivated. The APACHE was at Kwajalein Atoll at shot time. The remaining five task group ships of interest were at or near Enewetak Atoll: the EPPERSON on patrol north of Enewetak and the LST-551, LST-762, RENSHAW, and SIOUX at anchor off Parry and Enewetak Islands. With the exception of the NICHOLAS, the remaining twelve ships in the vicinity of Bikini and Enewetak Atolls received no significant fallout following Shot UNION,: the major portion of the radioactive cloud having moved generally to the north. 2.1.5 Shot YANKEE Shot YANKEE was detonated at Bikini Atoll at 0610 hours, 5 May 1954. Eight of the task group ships of interest were in their assigned areas southeast of Bikini Atoll. They were: AINSWORTH CURTISS RENSHAW BAIROKO ESTES SIOUX BELLE GROVE PHILIP The PHILIP and RENSHAW remained on patrol off Bikini until the morning of 6 May, while the SIOUX remained at sea retrieving instrumentation. The remaining five ships in the vicinity of Bikini reentered the lagoon for a short period of time during the late 24 *