Table 60.
USS Curtiss (AV-4) operational activities during the CASTLE test series.
Shot
Shot
Date
Time
of
Det.
BRAVO (B)
1 Mar
Q645
28 February at 1750 left berth
N-2, Bikini, for assigned operating area
Steamed in assigned
operating area
At 1323 set condition Able throughout ship; at
1757 departed assigned area for Enewetak Atoll;
2 March Fred C. Ainsworth (T-AP-181) on station
1,000 yards (900 meters) astern; at 0848 anchored berth C-2, Enewetak
ROMEO (8)
27 Mar
0630
26 March at 1956 left berth
N-6, Bikini, for operating area
BF 24-29-L; launched weather
batloon at 2235; 27 March at
0245 Nicholas (DDE-449) assumed
position 1,000 yards (900 meters) astern Curtiss (AV-4)
Steamed in operating
area
At 1535 anchored berth N-6, Bikini; at 1600
embarked 78 passengers for transportatian to
Enewetak; at 1957 departed Bikini; at 2031
rendezvoused with Nicholas; 28 March at 0750
anchored off Parry Island, Enewetak, and discharged 7/8 passengers
KOON (B)
7 Apr
0620
5 April at 1238 left Eneman,
Bikini, for operating area
BG 28-34-L; 6 April at 1436
rendezvoused with Epperson
(0DE-719}
Steamed independently
in operating area
BG 28-36-L
At 1138 anchored berth N-6, Bikini; at 1948
left berth en route to Enewetak; at 2305 an
unidentified luminous object passed over ship
from bow to stern, yellowish-orange in color,
traveling at a high rate of speed and a low
altitude
UNION (B)
26 Apr
0605
25 April at 1931 left Eneu,
Bikini, for operating area
BG 30-35-R; 26 April at 0408
on station in operating area
BH 35-40-L
Steamed on station in
assigned operating
area
At 0728 on station in operating area
BH 50-55-R; at 1653 anchored in berth N-6,
Bikini
YANKEE (B)
5 May
0610
4 May at 1616 left Iroij,
Bikini, for operating area
AG 30-35-R; at 2222 Phili
(DDE-498) on station 1000
In assigned operating
area with Philip
At 1318 conducted transfer of personnel with
Estes (AGC-12); at 1653 anchored N-5, Bikini;
at 1920 left anchorage for operating area
BH 35-40-L
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Ship Location/Activities
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At Shot Time
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