Bikini, the Eneman base camp was to be the center of operation . Parties recovering scientific data soon after the shot would operate fJgom Navy vessels in the lagoon, until early radiological surveys determined that the atoll environment was safe enough to move data-recovery op@rations ashore, When shot BRAVO, the first CASTLE shot at Bikini, was detogated on l March, it contaminated the base facilities on Eneman Island operation plan was abandoned. dnd the pre- To provide for personnel safety[during re- covery operations, four Navy ships served as platforms for TU ] activities (Reference 9, Annex N). radsafe These functions are indicafed in Ta- ble ll. Table 11. Shipboard radsafe activities, CASTLE. Location Bairoko (CVE-115) Radsafe Center Radsafe Checkpoint Decdntamination Station x X X Curtiss (AV-4) X Fred C. Ainsworth (T-AP-181) Estes (AGC-12) ‘ X X X A barge moored alongside the Ainsworth provided the radsafq@ checkpoint and decontamination station. The task force conducted radsafe operations from these vesgels for the remaining four shots at Bikini. To alleviate the crowded workjng space conditions, the Curtiss and the Ainsworth's radsafe barge were jdesignated as radsafe subcenters, primarily for the use by, and control off, personnel from TG 7.1 and TG 7.5 (Reference 17, p. 14). Because the entire atoll had been contaminated to some extd@nt, all task force personnel stationed at Bikini lived aboard ship for the the Bikini shots. No personnel left shipboard without permiss and exit at contaminated areas were strictly controlled throug 127 emainder of n. Entry radsafe