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Ships Associated with SHAD Tests

Project SHAD, an acronym for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of a larger effort called Project 112, which was conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassed tests designed to identify US warships' vulnerabilities to attacks with chemical or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability.

Updated July 26, 2004.

Ship	SHAD Tests
USS George Eastman (YAG-39)	63-1 Eager Belle I 63-1 Eager Belle II 64-2 Flower Drum I 65-17 Fearless Johnny 66-13 Half Note 65-4 Magic Sword
USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)	63-1 Eager Belle II 63-2 Autumn Gold 64-2 Flower Drum I 64-4 [Red Beva] Shady Grove 65-6 Big Tom 65-17 Fearless Johnny 66-13 Half Note 68-50 Speckled Start [68-11] 69-32
USS Hoel (DDG-13)	63-2 Autumn Gold
USS Berkeley (DDG-15)	65-13 High Low
USS Navarro (APA-215)	63-1 Eager Belle II 63-2 Autumn Gold
USS Okanogan (APA-220)	65-13 High Low
USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30)	69-10
USS Tioga County (LST-1158)	63-1 Eager Belle II 63-2 Autumn Gold
USS Wexford County (LST-1168)	65-13 High Low
USS Carpenter (DD-825)	63-1 Eager Belle II 63-2 Autumn Gold
USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833)	66-5 Purple Sage 66-6 Scarlet Sage 69-31
USS Power (DD-839)	65-1 Copper Head
USS Fechteler (DD-870)	65-13 High Low
USS Carbonero (SS-337)	65-6 Big Tom 66-13 Half Note 68-71 Folded Arrow
USNS Samuel Phillips Lee (T-AGS 31)	70-C
USNS Silas Bent (T-AGS 26)	70-C
US Navy Tug, ATF 105	64-2 Flower Drum II
Army Light, Tugs 2080, 2081, 2085, 2086, 2087	64-4 [Red Beva] Shady Grove 66-13 Half Note 68-50 Speckled Start [68-11] 68-71 Folded Arrow 69-32 65-17 Fearless Johnny (Only two of the five tugs participated but which two have not been identified.)