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GEORGE EASTMAN
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LST-762
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USS APACHE (ATF 67) — 33 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 130°
USS BAIROKO (CVE-115} — 43 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 124°
USS BELLE GROVE (LSD-2) (WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVR) — 37 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 120°
USS COCOPA [ATF-101) — 35 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 143°
USS CURTISS (AV-4) — 33 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 117°
USS EPPERSON (DDE-719} — 37 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 112°
USS ESTES (AGC-12) — 39 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 126°
.
USNS FRED C. AINSWORTH (T-AP-181}8 — 40 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 138°
USS GEORGE EASTMAN (YAG.39)> — 22 ami NW OF GZ, BEARING 305°
USS GRANVILLE S. HALL (YAG40)5 — 24 nmi NW OF GZ, BEARING 305°
LST-551 — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LST-762 — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LST-t146 — BEACHED AT PARRY ISLAND
USS MENDER [(ARS-2) — 77 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 110°
USS MOLALA {ATF-106) — 40 nmi SW OF GZ, BEARING 220°
USS NICHOLAS (DDE 449) — 47.5 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 135°
PC-1546 — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
USS PHILIP (DDE-498} — 28 nmi E OF ENEWETAK, BEARING 095°
USS RENSHAW (DDE-499) — 95 nmi SW OF G2, BEARING 250°
USS SIOUX (ATF-75} — 42 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 132°
USS TAWAKONI(ATF-114) — 32 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 115°
@ BELLE GROVE (WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVR)
AINSWORTH
165°
166°
Ship positions at detonation time, CASTLE, ROMEO.
167°