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Recovery operations for the other shots varied from shot to shot de-
pending ori shot location and projéct participation. All early recoveries
however, were the same for all shots, being recovery of T-2 film from
Station 2200 on Reere, Station 2300 on Airukiraru and recovery of TU-5
film from Chieerete, and Bikini.
No problems were encountered in making these recoveries during the
first two to three hours after detonation.
Re-entry at Bikini was divided into two general categories,
Re-entry
to the atoll when the Task Force was afloat and re-entry to the Airukiiji
Camp when possible after the shots fired from Eninman, For re-entry to
the atoll the ships entered the lagoon after a P2V aircraft had made a_
As the ships entered, the Rad-Safe sure
radiological sweep of the area.
veys were launched, and by the time the ships anchored Enyu was declared
open to re-entry.
The Airukiiji Canp was re-entered by boat and aircraft
from Enyu as the radiological situation permitted.
Johnston Island Nose Cone Reoovery.
3.11.4,
Generally, the nose cone re-
covery operation was successful on both the Teak and Orange events.
The
majority of test vehicles were recovered.
The search plan utilized a P2V aircraft, the USS Lansing, the USS
Safeguard, and the USS Belle Grove,
‘The ships were stationed at an approxi-~
mate distance of 25 to 30 miles from Johnston Island and directed to the
search area immediately after the detonation.
The P2V was airborne at
about H430 minutes from Johnston Island.
The following is a summary of recoveries for both events:
Event
Project
TEAK
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Lost
Recovered
0
1 Pod
2
, Instrumented Rockets
0
2 Rad/Chem Samplers
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