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(1) Conduct a continuous one (1) ship underway surface and ASW

patrol off Eniwetok Atoll, with particular attention to Sectors DB and IC,

(2) Conduct a continuous one (1) ship underway surface and ASW

patrol off Bikini Atoll, with particular attention to sectors DA and DD,
(3) Conduct an at anchor radar and sonar surveillance of BIKINI
lagoon entrances, as practicable,

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Patrolsend surveillances to be conducted prior to Shot Number 7

(1) Conduct a one or two ship underway surfece and ASW patrol

off BIKINI Atoll, with particular atcention to sector DD and the lagoon

entrances,

(2) Conduct an at anchor surface radar and sonar surveillance of

BIKINI lagoon entrances,

(3) Conduct an intermittent underway surface and ASW patrol

off ENIWET Atoll,

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(1) Underway patrols normally should be conducted within six (6)

miles of the reef, with occasional sweeps out to greater distances,

(2) Petrolling ships should avoid patrolling in fixed patterns.
wv (3) All ships, including the upkeep ship, at the shot atoll normally

will get undervay about twenty-four (24) hours prior to each shot,

Patrols

will then be intensified at the shot atoll until about (6) hours before
shot time, when all ships will be withdriwn to safe distances,

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