Table 27.
Shot
Planned and final sequence of CASTLE events and locations.
Pre-CASTLE
Target
Revised
Date and
Sequence
Revised
Date and
Sequence
Sequence
Date and
(as of
Actual
6 Mar 54)
(as of
13 Apr 54)
Date and
Name
Sponsor
Sequence
BRAVO
LASL
1 Mar (1)
---- (1)
---- (1)
1 Mar (1)
UNION
LASL
11 Mar (2)
29 Mar (4)
16 Apr (4)
YANKEE
LASL
22 Mar (3)
17 Apr (6)
27 Apr (6)
Originally
Yield
Planned
Location
Actual
Location
15 MT
Reef off Nam,
Bikini
Reef off Nam,
26 Apr (4)
6.9 MT
Barge off
Iroij,
Bikini
Barge off
Iroij,
Bikini
5 May (5)
13 MT
Barge off
X
Bikini
Barge in
Iroij,
UNION crater,
Eleleron,
Cancelled
Bikini
Bikini
wn]
ECHO
UCRL
29 Mar (4)
24 Apr (7)
Cancelled
Cancelled
---
NECTAR
LASL
5 Apr (5)
8 Apr (5)
20 Apr (5)
14 May (6)
1.69 MT
Barge off
Iroij,
Bikini
Barge in MIKE
(IVY series)
crater,
Enewetak
ROMEO
LASL
15 Apr (6)
13 Mar (2)
---- (2)
27 Mar (2)
11 MT
Barge off
Iroij,
Barge in
BRAVO crater
Eneman,
Eneman,
Enewetak
Bikini
KOON
UCRL
22 Apr (7)
22 Mar (3)
Source:
Reference 4, pp. 32 and 33.
---- (3)
7 Apr (3)
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