Operation Ivy
US Atomic Veterans
Bob McCurley
Bob McCurley sent email about his duty at Operation Ivy.
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001
From: Bob McCurley
To: Keith pdxavets@aracnet.com
Subject: Operation Ivy
I was an Ensign on USS Fletcher, DDE 445. We were there with the other three
destroyers in our division, Radford, Obannon, and Carpenter. We patrolled around
the atoll for several months before the Mike shot. We also tracked a radar buoy
to plot water currents. We refueled from a concrete barge in the lagoon. We used
Japtan Island as a recreation island. The day of the shot, we were the last ship
to leave the lagoon, following the Curtiss after the device was activated. We
joined the other ships at sea when the shot detonated. We also were off shore
when the B36 dropped the second device, and were able to observe that drop.
Robert U. McCurley, Jr.
Cdr. USNR- Ret
New Braunfels, Texas
Email: Bob McCurley rmccurley@nbtx.com
Keith Whittle
August 17, 2001
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