Table 64.
Shot
Shot
Date
Time
of
Det.
BRAVO (8)
1 Mar
0645
USS Philip (DDE-498) operational activities during the CASTLE test series.
Ship Location/Activities
Preshot
At Shot Time
28 February steaming independently
Steamed in assigned
on patrol 3-4 miles (5.6-7.5 km)
northwest of Bikini Atoll; at 1430
changed course for area BG-25;
1 March at 0235 rendezvoused with
Bairoko (CVE-115) at 1,000 yards
(900 meters)
aoe
Postshot
Continued steaming with Bairoko off Bikini; 2 March
area 1,000 yards
steamed off Bikini in formation with BelleGrove
Bairoko
Point (ec1648) ; at 0706, Belle Grove left the formation; at 1153 Cocopa and Gypsy detached; at 1536 Grosse
(900 meters) off
-
(LSO-2), Gypsy (ARSD-2), Cocopa (ATF-101), and Grosse
Point was detached; continued on patrol until entering
Bikini Lagoon at 1858; at 1910 anchored in berth N-10;
at 2145 underway to Eneu Channel en route to Rongelap
Atoll
ROMEO (B)
27 Mar
0630
Conducted patrol 2-6 miles (3.711 km) off Deep Entrance to
Enewetak Atoll
Conducted patrol
eastward of Deep
At 1035 began steering various courses to form bent line
screen 2,500 yards (2.3 km) in front of LST-551 en route
wetak Lagoon
while Philip (DDE-498) moved to patrol station off Eneman Island; at 1305 came into lagoon via Lukoj Pass; at
Entrance to Ene-
to Bikini Atol); 28March at 075] LST-551 entered lagoon
SbE
1405 lying to 800 yards (730 meters) off Estes (AGC-12);
at 1414 underway Lukoj Pass to conduct patroloff Bikini
KOON (B)
7 Apr
0620
UNION (B)
26 Apr
0605
YANKEE (B)
5 May
0610
Anchored in Enewetak Lagoon
Anchored in
Enewetak Lagoon
Steamed in formation with Bairoko
Steamed in operat-
of Bikini
Bairoko
with Molala (ATF-106) and YAG-40
Steamed in assigned
At 0818 relieved of escort duty with Curtiss, maneu-
Curtiss 1,500 yards
[1.4 km) astern
graph (B/T) drops; 6 May at 1801 anchored at berth
N-7, Bikini
Anchored at berth
N-1, Bikini
At 0745 left anchorage for sea to receive fuel from
Bairoko; at 0837 took B/T readings; at 0923 took on
and other TG 7.3 ships southeast
4 May at 1256 left anchorage N-1,
Bikini, to patrol south of Bikini;
at 2208 took station 1,000 yards
(900 meters) astern Curtiss (AV-4)
on 5 May at 0315 left Curtiss and
proceeded to sector of area ap-
ing area astern of
area; at 0638 on
station with the
At 1116 left anchorage for patrol 2-6 miles (3.7-11 km)
off Enewetak
Patrolled off Bikini Atolt at 2044 in visual contact
with Estes en route to Enewetak; at 2338 made contact
vered to stay within area BG 45-50-R; at 1200 steamed
in area BG 30-35-R; at 1555 and 1926 made bathythermo-
proximately 140°T, 50 miles (92
km} from Station Baker
NECTAR (E}
14 May
0620
Anchored at berth N-1, Bikini
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Bikini
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Source:
USS Philip (BDE-498) Deck Log.
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