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Anchored in berth 386 BIKINI ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS in 21 fathoms of water, coral bottom with
60 fathoms of chain to the port anchor on the following anchorage bearings: beacon "4" O90°T, beacon
eB" 021°T, left tangent ENYU ISLAND 042.5 degrees T, acting as RA25IR ENTRA'CS CONTROL VESSEL and
ready duty destroyer. Boiler #3 on the line for auciliary purposes, boosting steam to six hundred
pounds pressure on boiler #4. Main engines on one hour notice with jacking gear engazed. Condition
BAKER set. Vartous shive of U. S. PACIFIC FLEZT present with SOPA V. Adm. BLANDY, USN, ComJointTask
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0505 Made all preparations for getting underway.
0524 Hove to short stay.
0540 Anchor aweigh. Got underway from berth 366, BIKINI ATOLL, MARSHALL ISLANDS. Lying to at Harbor
Entrance awaiting departure of CJTF-1 in USS MOUNT McKINLEY (46-7). Standard speed 15 mots (138 RPk).
Captain at the Conn, Navigator on the bridge.
0649 With Bn ®a" bearing 049°T distant three thousand
yerds took departure from BIKINI ATOLL; proceeding to point sugar in accordance CJTF-] dispatch 240635
of 18 July.
Set course 155 degrees T and PGC, 155°
(169 RPM).
O74 Changed speed to 15 mots (138 RPI).
PSC, speed 15 kmots (138 RPM).
0655 Changed course
to 124° T and PGC, 123° BSC. O70l Changed speed to 20 knots (191 RPM). O704 Chenged speed to 18 knots
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0815 Changed speed to 25 knots
(245 RPM). 0835 Observed Atom Bomb explosion oeaRaos 0845 Set course
344° T, 343.5°RGC, 332 degrees PSC, changed spead to 2 imots (191
» O85C Changed speed to 19 knots
(18 RPu). O910 Let fires die under guperheaters to boilers #3 and #4. 0917Changed course to 334° T,
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333.5" FOC, 325° PSC. 0921 Changed course to 300° T, 209,5° FGC,-290° PSC. 0922 Changed apeed to 5 knots
(40 RPY). 0957 Changed course to 120° T, 129.5° PGC, 118° PSC. 1012 Changed course to 110° T, 109.5° POC,
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1042 Starboard engine ahead one third (40 RPM), changed course to
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300° T, 299.5° PGC, 290° PSC. 1048 Changed speed to 5 knots (40 RPM). 1049 Changed speed to 10 ingts
(88 RP}. 104) Changed speed to 5 kmots (40 RPM). 4118 Changed course to 280° T, 279.5° POC , 269° PSC.
1125 Changed course to 300° T, 299.£° PGC, 290° PSC.
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up” 1, 119.£° PGC, 117° PRC. 1400 Changed course to 300° T, 299.5 é PGC, 22
to 270" T, 269.5 PGC, 261 PSC, 1515 Changedcourse to 225° T, 224.5° PHC,218 PSC, 1520 Changed
speed to 15 knots (138 RPM}. 1527 Changed course to 220° T, 219,5° POC, 213° PSC. 1546 Changed course
to 240° T, 239.5° PGC, 233° PSC. Changed speed to 5 knots (40 RPM).
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Steaming as before. 1612 USS B.K. HUNTINGTON (DD781) and USS INGRABAY (DD694) took stations astern
of this vessel. Ships in colum in following order USS ALLEN M. SUMIER (DD692), USS R.E. HUNTINGTON
(DD781), USS INGRAMAN (DD694), distance one thousand yards, OfC, of this Whtei Captain P. D. GALLERY,
USN, ComDesDiv72 in USS ALLEN M, SUYNER (DD692), the guide. 1627 Changed coyrse to 150° T, 149..5° PGC,
148° PSC end changed speed to 10 knots (88 RPM). 1637 Changed course to 060° T, 059.5° PGC, 054° PSC.
1645 Changed speed to 5 kmots (40 BPM). 1647 Stopped all engines, lying to while taking deer water samples
for radiological tests. 1714 Set course Q60° T, 059.5° PGC, O54 PSC, speed 5 knots (40 RPY) . ot730
Changed course to 150° T, 149.5° PGC, 149° PSC. 1759 Changed course to 240° T, 239.5° PGC, 233° PSC.
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