@ EPPERSON
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ENEWETAK
BIKING
ATOLL
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LST-551
ESTES
BELLE GROVE (WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVARl@"|AINSWORTH
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AREQUIPA
BAIROKO [c717157¢0%
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MENDER CURTISS
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NICHOLAS
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TAWAKON!
USS AREQUIPA (AF-31) — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
USS BAIROKO (CVE-115) — 34 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 150°
USS BELLE GROVE (LSD-2)(WITH 18 LCMs, 1 AVA) — 30 ami SE of GZ, BEARING 152°
USS COCOPA [ATF-101) — 38 ami SE OF GZ, BEARING 159°
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LEO
GEORGE EASTMAN
RENSHAW
NOTES:
USS CURTISS (AV4)- 36 nmi
OF GZ, BEARING 149°
USS EPPERSON (DDE-719} — 41SEnmi
NW OF ENEWETAK, BEARING 348°
USS ESTES [AGC-12} -- 32 nmi SE OF GZ. BEARING 141°
9FROM TG 7.3 OPERATION LETTER — YANKEE, 1 MAY 1954
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FROM OPERATION CASTLE PROJECT 6.4
USNS FRED C. AINSWORTH (T-AP-181)® — 35 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 138°
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: SHIPS’ LOGS
USS GEORGE EASTMAN (YAG-39)" — 58 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 145°
10° —— Uss GRANVILLE S. HALL (YAG40)° — 33 nmi NE OF GZ, BEARING 060°
USNS LEO (T-AKA-60) — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LST-551 — ANCHORED AT ENEWETAK ATOLL
LST-1157 -- 35 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 157°
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USS MENDER (ARS-2) — 37 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 160°
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USS MOLALA {ATF-106) — 50 nmi SE OF Gz, BEARING 120°
USS NICHOLAS(DDE-449) ~ 118 nmi SW OF GZ, BEARING 245°
USS PHILIP (DDE 498) ~ 49 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 143°
USS RENSHAW (DDE-499) — 60 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 144°
USS SIOUX (ATF-75) — 43 nmi SE OF GZ, BEARING 134°
USS TAWAKONI [ATF-114) — 58 nmi SE of GZ, BEARING 145°
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Ship positions at detonation time, CASTLE, YANKEE.
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