’ AINSWORTH CURTISS NICHOLAS BAIROKO EPPERSON SIOUX BELLE GROVE ESTES At shot time,all except the NICHOLAS were in assigned areas southeast of Bikini Atoll. They remained there until around midday, when they reentered the lagoon as planned. The NICHOLAS, which was patrolling approximately midway between Bikini and Enewetak at shot time, proceeded to Bikini during the afternoon and anchored in the lagoon at 1915 hours. Five other TG 7.3 ships were either at or enroute to Enewetak at shot time. These were: APACHE LST-762 LST-551 PHILIP RENSHAW The APACHE, enroute to Enewetak from Bikini, was about 25-30 miles east of Enewetak at shot time. The other ships were all anchored/beached at Enewetak or Parry Islands. The GYPSY, having completed salvage operations at Ailinglapalap Atoll on | April, returned to Kwajalein where it was anchored when Shot KOON was detonated. On 9 April, the GYPSY departed Kwajalein enroute to Pearl Harbor. This ship did not return to the PPG during Opération CASTLE. Fallout from Shot KOON moved generally to the north of Bikini (as predicted) and none of the ships operating in the vicinity of Bikini, Enewetak, or Kwajalein Atolls received significant fallout following this te$t. 2.1.4 Shot UNION Shot UNION was detonated at Bikini Atoll at 0605 hours, 26 April 1954. Seven of task group ships of interest were operating in the Bikini area. These were: 23