assigned to JTF 7 and were primarily supply ships and tankers thal
entered
the PPG between shots.
USS Arequipa
(AF-31).
ated cargo ship.
Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet ra@frigerOperated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein,
Enewetak, and Bikini.
No potential for radiation exposure was] encoun-
tered by this ship during its stay in the PPG from 1 May to 8
Log Summary:
Bikini.
On 1 May at 0914 underway 120 nmi
On 2 May en route to Enewetak.
May.
(222 km) wdst of
On 3 May anchored in
ewetak
Lagoon; at 1842 underway for rendezvous point with the USS Navasota
and the USNS Leo 3 nmi
(5.6 km)
from Eneu Channel. On 4 May at
ordered to proceed to Enewetak, anchored there at 0750.
conducted on 5 May at Bikini.
underway at 1838 to Bikini.
P540
Shot
EE
Remained at Enewetak until 6 Mayllwhen
Arrived Bikini 8 May at 0800; at 1442
underway for Wake Island.
USS Deliver
(ARS-23).
Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet car
Operated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein.
ship.
No radiati
ex~
posure was encountered during its stays in late April and early
Log Summary:
Hay.
Remained at Kwajalein for shots UNION (26 Aprij)
YANKEE (5 May); at the time of shot NECTAR on 14 May the ship wag
and
east-
southeast of Enewetak, approximately 10°30'N, 176°20'E.
USS Douglas A. Munro (DDE-442).
Temporarily assigned by Commander-i
Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), to Kwajalein.
Assisted in an SAR missipn
for an RAF Canberra bomber between 2 and 3 March as part of TU 3246.4.
No radiation exposure was encountered.
Log Summary:
Shot BRAVO conducted 1 March; ship well south o
radioactive cloud, under operational control of Commander, NAS, K
lein, aS part of TU 32.6.4.
During 1 to 3 March searched area so
west of Kwajalein for RAF Canberra bomber lost on 23 February.
0
4 March was ordered to assist in evacuation of Utirik Atoll; howevgr,
the Renshaw had already completed this task:
Kwajalein.
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the ship returned to