assigned to JTF 7 and were primarily supply ships and tankers thal

entered

the PPG between shots.
USS Arequipa

(AF-31).

ated cargo ship.

Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet ra@frigerOperated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein,

Enewetak, and Bikini.

No potential for radiation exposure was] encoun-

tered by this ship during its stay in the PPG from 1 May to 8
Log Summary:
Bikini.

On 1 May at 0914 underway 120 nmi

On 2 May en route to Enewetak.

May.

(222 km) wdst of

On 3 May anchored in

ewetak

Lagoon; at 1842 underway for rendezvous point with the USS Navasota
and the USNS Leo 3 nmi

(5.6 km)

from Eneu Channel. On 4 May at

ordered to proceed to Enewetak, anchored there at 0750.
conducted on 5 May at Bikini.
underway at 1838 to Bikini.

P540

Shot

EE

Remained at Enewetak until 6 Mayllwhen
Arrived Bikini 8 May at 0800; at 1442

underway for Wake Island.
USS Deliver

(ARS-23).

Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Fleet car

Operated out of Pearl Harbor to resupply Kwajalein.

ship.

No radiati

ex~

posure was encountered during its stays in late April and early
Log Summary:

Hay.

Remained at Kwajalein for shots UNION (26 Aprij)

YANKEE (5 May); at the time of shot NECTAR on 14 May the ship wag

and
east-

southeast of Enewetak, approximately 10°30'N, 176°20'E.
USS Douglas A. Munro (DDE-442).

Temporarily assigned by Commander-i

Chief, Pacific (CINCPAC), to Kwajalein.

Assisted in an SAR missipn

for an RAF Canberra bomber between 2 and 3 March as part of TU 3246.4.
No radiation exposure was encountered.
Log Summary:

Shot BRAVO conducted 1 March; ship well south o

radioactive cloud, under operational control of Commander, NAS, K
lein, aS part of TU 32.6.4.

During 1 to 3 March searched area so

west of Kwajalein for RAF Canberra bomber lost on 23 February.

0

4 March was ordered to assist in evacuation of Utirik Atoll; howevgr,
the Renshaw had already completed this task:
Kwajalein.

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the ship returned to

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