Table 65.
Shot
BRAVO (B)
USS Grosse Point (PC-1546) operational activities during the CASTLE
test series.
Time
Shot
Date
of
Det.
1 Mar
0645
Ship Location/Activities
Preshot
28 February underway
to conduct ASW patrol
off Bikini; 1 March in
At Shot Time
Steamed in designated
operating area
designated operating
Postshot
At 2120 commenced screening Belle
Grove (LSO0-2), TU 7.3.7; 2 March
2 March joined formation with
Philip (DDE-498) and other ships;
area with Tawakoni
(ATF -114)
left formation at 1541 to proceed
to Bikini Lagoon; at 1634 moored to
starboard side of Cocopa (ATF-101),
berth N-1, Bikini Cagoon
27 Mar
0630
KOON (B)
7 Apr
0620
OVE
ROMEO (8)
UNION (B)
26 Apr
0605
YANKEE (B)
5 May
0610
NECTAR (E)
14 May
0620
Anchored at Enewetak
6 April at 1600 under-
Remained anchored
Steamed in assigned
At 0928 departed Ailinginae Atol]
way from Ailinginae
Atoll for assigned
area southwest of
atoll
Operating area; at
0633 began firing
illuminating shells;
at 0635 completed
Firing
Anchored in lagoon at
Anchored in lagoon
at Rongerik Atoll]
Bikini at 1326; 27 April arrived
Bikini Atoll at 0401; anchored in
berth N-8, Bikini
Anchored in lagoon at
Rongerik Atoll]
Anchored in lagoon
at Rongerik Atol]
Underway to assigned station at
1255
No log available,
No log available, presumably moored
Rongerik Atol]
13 May anchored at
berth Able-3, Pear]
Harbor
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Source:
Anchored at Enewetak
Grosse Point (PC-1546) Deck Log.
presumably moored
in Pearl Harbor
en route Bikini; at 1203 arrived
assigned area; at 1928 anchored in
berth N-7, Bikini
Underway from Rongerik Atoll to
in Pearl Harbor
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