350
eer
“)
oy
At 0620, steaming from Kwa-
13 May at 1746 underway from
0620
14 May
NECTAR (E)
Source:
bearing 150° from shot;
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) Deck Log.
Kwajalein Atoll
Atoll
Philip
to Bikini
Bikini operating area with
25 April at 1853 underway for
jalein to Bikini, 40 nmi
(74 km) SE of Eneu
0625 set modified condition
Able; between 0652-0702 washdown gear on
At 0610, 34 nmi (63 km)
bearing 155° from shot
At 0605, 57 nmi (105 km)
4 May at 1555 underway with
Renshaw (DDE-499) from Bikini
to assigned operating area
0605
operational area off Bikini
0610
from shot
5 May
ing 100°
At 0620, 23 nmi (43 km) bear-
operating, but no new fallout received
At 0630, 43 nmi (80 km) bearing 124° from shot; from
0700-0710, washdown gear
YANKEE (B)
Epperson (DDE-719) in the
Steamed in the company of the
ational area off Bikini
26 April at 2024 underway
from Bikini Lagoon to oper-
from Bikini to Enewetak
use until 1845; steamed from
began; firehoses continued
tem; at 1800 a second fallout
after securing washdown sys-
At 0645, 38 nmi (70 km) bearing 1326 from shot; at
material condition Able set
when heavy fallout detected;
washdown system operated
0810-0931; firehoses used
26 Apr
0620
0630
area; 1 March at 0243 rendezvoused with Philip (DDE-498)
28 February at 2307 underway
from Bikini to operating
At Shot Time
UNION (B)
27 Mar
ROMEO (B)
0645
Preshot
Ship Location/Activit
1405 anchored in berth N-5, Bikini;
1206 anchored in berth N-3, Bikini; at
underway for Enewetak
From 0912-1045 Philip alongside to fuel;
At 1643 anchored in berth N-6, Bikini
1611 anchored in berth N-5, Bikini
1104 anchored in berth N-5, Bikini
buoy T-2, Bikini; 29 March washdown system
operated 0130-0215; reactivated at 0320
March at 0859 after shifting moored to
approximately 0900 launched two heliters for initial radiological survey;
carried on all day; 3 March arrived Bikini,
launched helicopter radsafe surveys
use of high-pressure hoses and scrubbing
March decontamination efforts started
gain after 0800 radiological monitoring;
Postshot
uri ng the CASTLE test series.
7 Apr
1 Mar
BRAVO (B)
Det.
Time
of
USS Bairoko (CVE-115) operational activities
KOON (B)
Date
Shot
Shot
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