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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