KOON --
35,000 feet (10.67 km), slant range not reported
UNION -- 35,000 feet (10.67 km), slant range 64,500 feet
(19.66 km)
YANKEE -~-- did not participate
NECTAR -- 35,000 feet (10.67 km), Slant range 45,800 feet
(13.96 km).
The aircraft flew away from the cloud and was not exposed to signifFicant residual radiation exposure potential.
Staffing:
Three civilians were associated with this project, two
CRL and one from WADC.
Their exposures are given in Table 19.
Prom
Expo
sures for the aircrew are included in Table 87.
Project Report:
Reference 71.
Project 6.4 -- Proof Testing of Atomic Weapons Ship Countermeasures
Agencies:
Bureau of Ships
(BuShips)
Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL)
Army Chemical Center
(ACC)
Mare Island Naval Ship Yard (MINSY)
Naval Unit, Chemical Corps School (NUCCS)
Naval Schools Command, Treasure Island (NSC TI)
YAG-39 (USS George Eastman)
YAG-40 (USS Granville S. Hall)
USS Molala, USS Tawakoni, USS Bairoko, USS Estes
P2V5 aircraft
8542nd AAU
Operations:
Equipped for remote control, YAG-39 and YAG-40 maneuv
in the fallout patterns of four Bikini shots.
down system, but YAG-40 did not.
ed
YAG-39 carried a wa
Each was instrumented for radiati
measurements and each carried an unmanned F4U aircraft secured to
weather deck, also instrumented for radiation measurements.
The s
ips
were unmanned during the first two shots, with control provided by
P2V5 aircraft, as well as the Molala and possibly the Bairoko.
Dur ng
the last two shots, a crew aboard the YAG-39 in a heavily shielded
control room controlled both the YAG-39 and the unmanned YAG-40, wi
some assistance from the P2V5 and the Bairoko.
Both ships were tak
to Enewetak for decontamination, with the Instrument Group boarding
soon as possible to retrieve radiation records.
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Various operationa
as