Table 62.
USS Nicholas (DDE-449) operational activities during the CASTLE test series.
Shot
Shot
Date
Time
of
Det.
BRAVO (B)
1 Mar
0645
Ship Location/Activities
Preshot
Steamed as part of TU 32.6.4
At Shot Time
Steamed with Mispillion
as guide
At 0800 position 06°36'N, 161944'E;
steaming through day; at 1950, PC-1141
joined formation outboard HMNZS Hawea;
continued on SAR until returning to
Enewetak on 3 March
26 March at 0821 anchored Rongelap Atoll; left Bikini at
1910; steered various courses
to retrieve whaleboats at 2052;
27 March, steaming en route
from Rongelap Atoll to join
TG 7.3; 0200 rendezvoused with
On station 1,000 yards
(900 meters) astern
Curtiss (AV-4) in
operating area
At 1307 independently on patrol southeast of Bikini; anchored berth N-13,
Bikini, at 1747; underway at 1956 ahead
of Curtiss
Steamed independently between-
Steamed independent ly
between Bikini and
Enewetak
At 1915 anchored berth N-8, Bikini
with Mispillion (A0-105),
Edmonds
(OE-406), PC-1145,
HMNZS Hawea (DE-70) on search
and rescue (SAR) south of
Kwajalein for downed RAF
Canberra bomber
CPE
ROMEO (B)
27 Mar
0630
Postshot
Curtiss
KOON (B)
7 Apr
0620
Bikini and Enewetak as DDE
air control
UNION (8B)
26 Apr
0605
At 1541 25 April left berth
N-7, Bikini, for DDE air control station
Steamed independently
on DDE station bearing
250° 90 miles (165
km) from Bikini Atoll
At 1318 turned on washdown system; at
1429 system secured; at 1825 anchored
berth N-8, Bikini
YANKEE (B)
5 May
0610
4 May at 1448 underway from
berth Q-5, Enewetak Atoll, to
assigned patrol area as air
control DDE
Steamed independently
on assigned station
Steamed for remainder of the day
NECTAR (E)
14 May
0620
13 May at 0829 left berth
Steamed independently
as air control] DDE off
neweta
At 0935 conducted ASW drills; at 1623
anchored berth N-3, Enewetak; fueled
Se re
wetak at 2130 with Epperson (DDE-719),
Renshaw (ODE-499)
assigned operating area as
air control DDE
Source:
USS Nicholas (DDE-449) Deck Log.