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Table 67.
Shot
BRAVO (B)
USS Bairoko ( CVE-115) operation
al activities during the CAS
TLE test series.
Time
Shot
Date
of
Det.
1 Mar
0645
Ship Location/Activities
Preshot
At Shot Time
28 February at 2307 underway
from Bikini to operating
area; 1 March at 0243 rendez-
voused with Philip (ODE-498)
when heavy fallout detected;
washdown system Operated from
0810-0931; firehoses used
after securing washdown SyStem; at 1800 a second fallout
began; firehoses continued in
use until 1845;
ROMEO (B)
27 Mar
0630
KOON (B}
7 Apr
0620
UNION (B)
26 Apr
0605
26 April at 2024 underway
NECTAR (E)
5 May
0610
14 May
0620
ing 124° from shot; from
0700-0710, washdown gear
operating, but no new fallout received
Steamed in the company of the
Epperson (DDE-719) in the
Operational area off Bikini
At 0620, 23 nmi (43 km) bearing 100° from shot
25 April at 1853 underway for
At 0605, 57 nmi (105 km)
Bikini operating area with
13 May at 1746 underway from
Atoll
Se eee Log.
to Bikini
bearing 1559 from shot
.
4 May at 1555 underway with
Renshaw (DDE-499) from Bikini
to assigned operating area
Kwajalein Atoll
*
steamed from
At 0630, 43 nmi (80 km) bear-
from Bikini Lagoon to oper-
Philip
YANKEE (B)
2 March decontamination effo
rts started
again after 0800 radiological
use of high-pressure hoses and monitoring;
scrubbing
carried on all day; 3 March
arrived Bikini,
launched helicapter radsafe surv
eys
from Bikini to Enewetak
ational area off Bikini
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Postshot
At 0645, 38 nmi (70 km) bearing 132° from shot; at 0803
material condition Able set
At 0610, 34 nmi (63 km)
bearing 150° from shot: at
0625 set modified condition
Abie; between 0652-0702 washdown gear on
At 0620, steaming from Kwa-
jJalein to Bikini, 40 nmi
(74 km) SE of Eneu
eee
At approximately 0900 launched
two helicopters for initial radiological
survey;
at 1405 anchored in berth N-5,
Bikini;
28 March at 0859 after shifting
moored to
buoy T-2, Bikini; 29 March wash
down system
operated 0130-0215; reactivated
at 0320
At 1104 anchored in berth N-5,
Bikini
At 1611 anchored in berth N-5,
Bikini
At 1643 anchored in berth
N-6, Bikini
From 0912-1045 Philip alongsid
e to fuel;
at 1206 anchored in berth
N-3, Bikini; at
1701 underway for Enewetak
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