assigned to JTF 7 and were primarily supply ships and tankers that entered
the PPG between shots.
USS Arequipa

(AF-31).

ated cargo ship.

Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet refrigerOperated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein,

Enewetak, and Bikini.

No potential for radiation exposure was encoun-

tered by this ship during its stay in the PPG from 1 May to 8 May.
Log Summary:
Bikini.

On 1 May at 0914 underway 120 nmi

On 2 May en route to Enewetak.

(222 km) west of

On 3 May anchored in Enewetak

Lagoon; at 1842 underway for rendezvous point with the USS Navasota
and the USNS Leo 3 nmi

(5.6 km)

from Eneu Channel. On 4 May at 0540

ordered to proceed to Enewetak, anchored there at 0750.
conducted on 5 May at Bikini.
underway at 1838 to Bikini.

Shot YANKEE

Remained at Enewetak until 6 May when
Arrived Bikini 8 May at 0800; at 1642

underway for Wake Island.
USS Deliver

(ARS-23).

Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet cargo ship.

Operated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein.

No radiation ex-

posure was encountered during its stays in late April and early May.
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Log Summary:

Remained at Kwajalein for shots UNION (26 April)

and

YANKEE (5 May); at the time of shot NECTAR on 14 May the ship was eastsoutheast of Enewetak, approximately 10°30'N, 176°20'E.
USS Douglas A. Munro (DDE-442).

Temporarily assigned by Commander-in-

Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), to Kwajalein.

Assisted in an SAR mission

for an RAF Canberra bomber between 2 and 3 March as part of TU 32.6.4.

No radiation exposure was encountered.
Log Summary:

Shot BRAVO conducted 1 March; ship well south of

radioactive cloud, under operational control of Commander, NAS, Kwajalein, as part of TU 32.6.4.

During 1 to 3 March searched area south-

west of Kwajalein for RAF Canberra bomber lost on 23 February.

On

4 March was ordered to assist in evacuation of Utirik Atoll; however,
the Renshaw had already completed this task;
Kwajalein.

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the ship returned to

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