Table 49.
Summary of the status of transient shipping in the Pacific
Proving Ground area on or about 5 May 1954.
Vessel
Location/Course
LSTs 762 and 975
Approximately 650 nmi (1,200 km) east-
USS Navasota (A0G-106)
Arrived Kwajalein 0735 on 5 May, ETD for
USS Shea (DM-30)
Arrived Kwajalein 1900 on 4 May, ETD for
Pearl Harbor 5 May
USNS Leo (T-AKA-60) and
At Enewetak 1200 on 4 May
USS Reclaimer (ARS-42)
Departed Bikini to Guam 1200 on 4 May via
northeast of ground zero at H-hour, en
route to Pear] Harbor
USS Arequipa (AF-31)
Midway 5 May
10°40'N, 165910'E, 10°40'N, 155°E, 11 knots
(20 km/nr); ETA Guam 1800 on 9 May
Destroyer?
Radar contact from search aircraft at 2000
on 4 May, 10945'N, 162954'E, course 190 true
Destroyer?
Visual contact from search aircraft at 2030
on 4 May, 10931'N, 165°51'E, course 150
true, 10 knots (18.5 km/hr)
M/V_ Roque
.
Departed area 27 April; 5 May position, Rota
Note:
@Type of ship unclear from reference, given as "1 DD."
Source:
Reference 16.
At 1700 on 4 May, the following radex areas were announced:
Surface Radex.
True bearings from ground zero 240° clockwise to 90°, radial distance of 60 nmi (110 km) for H-hour
to H+6, plus a circular radex area around ground zero of
15 nmi (27.8 km) radius. This was later modified to 320°
clockwise to 70° for a maximum distance of 60 nmi (110
km), 70° clockwise to 200° for a maximum distance of 30
nmi (56 km), and 200° clockwise to 260° for a maximum
distance of 70 nmi (130 km), plus a circular radex around
ground zero of 15 nmi (27.8 km) radius.
It was recommended that the air control destroyer
(the Nicholas) move to a true bearing from ground zero of
270° and 90 nmi (167 km).
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