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ATOLL
.
LST-551
LEO
AREQUIPA
@ EPPERSON
+
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NICHOLAS
.
162°E
Figure 87.
163°
165°
NOTES:
RENSHAW
0
20
0
2
3
46
50
60
#60
80
100
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nreredmmed
KILOMETERS
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NAUTICAL MILES
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SOURCE OF INFORMATION: SHIPS’ LOGS
DFROM OPERATION CASTLE PARQJECT 6.4
8F ROM TG 7.3 OPERATION LETTER — YANKEE, t MAY 1954
TAWAKONI
e PHILIP
CURTISS
COCOPA
MENDER
@MOLALA
ESTES AINSWORTH
WITH GRANVILLE S. HALL
vt
GEORGE EASTMAN
Ship positions at detonation time, CASTLE, YANKEE.
164°
om
Cc
ATOLL
BIKINI
BELLE GROVE (WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVRig @-——~ |
USS AREQUIPA (AF-31} —- ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
USS BAIROKO (CVE-115} ~ 34 ami SE OF GZ, BEARING 160°
USS BELLE GROVE {(LSD-2)(WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVR) — 30 nm SE of GZ, BEARING 152°
USS COCOPA (ATF-101) — 38 am: SE OF GZ, BEARING 159°
USS CURTISS (AV 4) - 35 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 149°
USS EPPERSON (DDE-719) — 41 nmi NW OF ENEWETAK, BEARING 348°
USS ESTES (AGC-12) -- 32 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 141°
USNS FREO C. AINSVIORTH (T-AP-181)" — 36 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 138°
USS GEORGE EASTMAN(YAG-39) — 58 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 145°
10° +} —— uss GRANVILLE S. HALL (YAG-40)" — 33 ami NE OF GZ, BEARING 060°
USNS LEO {T-AKA60) —- ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LST-551 — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LS¥-1157 — 35 nm: SE OF GZ, BEARING 157°
USS MENDER (ARS-2) — 37 ami SE OF GZ, BEARING 160°
USS MOLALA (ATF-t06} — 50 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 120°
USS NICHOLAS (DDE -449) — 118 nmi SW OF GZ, BEARING 246°
USS PHILIP (DDE-498) — 49 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 143°
USS RENSHAW [ODE 499) — 60 nimSE OF GZ, BEARING 144°
USS SIOUX {ATF.75) - 43 nmi SE OF G2, BEARING 134°
USS TAWAKONI (ATF.114) — 58 nmi SE of GZ, BEARING 145°
11°
12°N
167°
cor