Table 62. USS Nicholas (DDE-449) operational activities during the CASTLE test series. Shot Shot Date Time of Det. BRAVO (B) 1 Mar 0645 Ship Location/Activities Preshot Steamed as part of TU 32.6.4 At Shot Time Steamed with Mispillion as guide At 0800 position 06°36'N, 161944'E; steaming through day; at 1950, PC-1141 joined formation outboard HMNZS Hawea; continued on SAR until returning to Enewetak on 3 March 26 March at 0821 anchored Rongelap Atoll; left Bikini at 1910; steered various courses to retrieve whaleboats at 2052; 27 March, steaming en route from Rongelap Atoll to join TG 7.3; 0200 rendezvoused with On station 1,000 yards (900 meters) astern Curtiss (AV-4) in operating area At 1307 independently on patrol southeast of Bikini; anchored berth N-13, Bikini, at 1747; underway at 1956 ahead of Curtiss Steamed independently between- Steamed independent ly between Bikini and Enewetak At 1915 anchored berth N-8, Bikini with Mispillion (A0-105), Edmonds (OE-406), PC-1145, HMNZS Hawea (DE-70) on search and rescue (SAR) south of Kwajalein for downed RAF Canberra bomber CPE ROMEO (B) 27 Mar 0630 Postshot Curtiss KOON (B) 7 Apr 0620 Bikini and Enewetak as DDE air control UNION (8B) 26 Apr 0605 At 1541 25 April left berth N-7, Bikini, for DDE air control station Steamed independently on DDE station bearing 250° 90 miles (165 km) from Bikini Atoll At 1318 turned on washdown system; at 1429 system secured; at 1825 anchored berth N-8, Bikini YANKEE (B) 5 May 0610 4 May at 1448 underway from berth Q-5, Enewetak Atoll, to assigned patrol area as air control DDE Steamed independently on assigned station Steamed for remainder of the day NECTAR (E) 14 May 0620 13 May at 0829 left berth Steamed independently as air control] DDE off neweta At 0935 conducted ASW drills; at 1623 anchored berth N-3, Enewetak; fueled Se re wetak at 2130 with Epperson (DDE-719), Renshaw (ODE-499) assigned operating area as air control DDE Source: USS Nicholas (DDE-449) Deck Log.