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Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) (2016)

Chapter: Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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TABLE E-1 Military Units That Participated in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons, by Test

Participant Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area Comparison Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area
Autumn Gold (Test 63-2)

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Radar picket ship

Canada, California, Portland

USS Navarro (APA-215)

Attack transport

Pearl Harbor

USS Talladega (APA-208)

Attack transport

Long Beach

USS Tioga County (LST-1158)

Tank landing ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Vernon County (LST-1161)

Tank landing ship

Japan, Philippines

USS Carpenter (DD-825)

Destroyer

Pearl Harbor

USS John R. Craig (DD-885)

Destroyer

San Diego

USS Hoel (DDG-13)

Guided missile destroyer

Pearl Harbor

USS Towers (DDG-9)

Guided missile destroyer

San Diego

Marine Air Group 13, VMA 214

Attack squadron

Marine Air Group 14, VMA 332

Attack squadron

Big Tom (Test 65-6)

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Oxford (AGTR-1)

Auxiliary ship

Philippines

USS Carbonero (SS-337)

Submarine

Hawaii

USS Raton (SS-270)

Submarine

San Clemente, San Diego

Copper Head (Test 65-1)

USS Power (DD-839)

Destroyer

USS Gyatt (DD-712)

Destroyer

Virginia

DTC Test 69-10

USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30)

Dock landing ship

USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)

Dock landing ship

Virginia, North Carolina, Puerto Rico

Landing Force Carib 1-69/BLT, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division

Infantry

1st Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division

Infantry

VMA 324, MAG-32

Attack squadron

VMA 324, MAG-32

Attack squadron

DTC Test 69-31

USS Herbert J. Thomas

Destroyer

Pearl Harbor

USS Agerholm

Destroyer

San Diego

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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Participant Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area Comparison Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area

(DD-833)

(DD-826)

DTC Test 69-32

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Jamestown (AGTR-3)

Auxiliary ship

Philippines, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam, Special Operations

Five light tugs (hull numbers not specified)

None selected

Eager Belle I (Test 63-1)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor and maneuvers

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Radar picket ship

San Francisco Picket Stations 1 and 9

Eager Belle II (Test 63-1)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Radar picket ship

San Francisco Picket Stations 1, 3, 9

USS Tioga County (LST-1185)

Tank landing ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Vernon County (LST-1161)

Tank landing ship

Hong Kong, Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan

USS Carpenter (DD-825)

Destroyer

Pearl Harbor

USS Agerholm (DD-826)

Destroyer

Hong Kong, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

USS Interdictor (AGR-13)

Radar picket ship

USS Navarro (APA-215)

Attack transport

USS Noble (APA-218)

Attack transport

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro 161

— n

Errand Boy (Test 64-1)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Radar picket ship

San Francisco, Picket Station 7

Fearless Johnny (Test 65-17)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

USS Oxford (AGTR-1)

Auxiliary ship

Hong Kong, Philippines

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Georgetown (AGTR-2)

Auxiliary ship

Hong Kong, Philippines

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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Participant Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area Comparison Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area
Flower Drum I (Test 64-2)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Radar picket ship

San Francisco, San Diego, Radar Picket Stations 1, 5, 7

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

USS Interdictor (AGR-13)

Radar picket ship

Folded Arrow (Test 68-71)

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Oxford (AGTR-1)

Auxiliary ship

Philippines, South China Sea

USS Carbonero (SS-337)

Submarine

Pearl Harbor

USS Tunny (SS-282)

Submarine

Philippines, Special Operations

Five light tugs (hull numbers not specified)

None selected

Half Note (Test 66-13)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary ship

USS Oxford (AGTR-1)

Auxiliary ship

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Special Operations

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Jamestown (AGTR-3)

Auxiliary ship

Malaysia, Taiwan, Special Operations

USS Carbonero (SS-337)

Submarine

USS Tunny (SS-282)

Submarine

Pearl Harbor, Philippines

Light tugs 2080, 2081, 2085, 2086, 2087

None selected

High Low (Test 65-13)

USS Berkeley (DDG-15)

Destroyer

USS Lynde McCormic (DDG-8)

k Destroyer

Hong Kong, Japan, San Diego

USS Fechteler (DD-870/DDR-870)

Destroyer

USS John R. Craig (DD-885)

Destroyer

San Diego

USS Okanogan (APA-220)

Attack transport

USS Montrose (APA-212)

Attack transport

San Diego, Pearl Harbor, San Clemente

USS Wexford County (LST-1168)

Tank landing ship

USS Washoe County (LST-1165)

Tank landing ship

Japan, Okinawa

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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Participant Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area Comparison Unit (hull number) Unit Type Operating Area
Magic Sword (Test 65-4)

USS George Eastman (YAG-39)

Auxiliary Ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Auxiliary ship

Durban, Philippines

Purple Sage (Test 66-5_

USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833)

Destroyer

USS Agerholm (DD-826)

Destroyer

San Diego

Scarlet Sage (Test 66-6)

USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833)

Destroyer

USS Agerholm (DD-826)

Destroyer

San Diego, Long Beach

Shady Grove (Test 64-4)

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary Ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Interceptor (AGR-8)

Auxiliary ship

Bremerton, Washington; Panama Canal Zone; Cuba; Portsmouth, Virginia

VMA 214, MAG13

Attack squadron

VMA214, MAG 13

Attack squadron

HMM 161, Marine Air Group 13

Medium helicopt squadron

er —

HMM 161, MAG 13

Medium helicopter squadron

Light tugs 2080, 2081, 2085, 2086, 2087

None selected

Speckled Start (Test 68-50)

USS Granville S. Hall (YAG-40)

Auxiliary Ship

Pearl Harbor

USS Oxford (ATGR-1)

Auxiliary ship

Philippines, South China Sea

Five light tugs (hull numbers not specified)

None selected

NOTE: No personnel were identified for the Flower Drum II test so its units are not represented here.

SOURCE: Adapted from Table 6-2 (IOM, 2007) with additional information from DoD (2015).

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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REFERENCES

DoD (Department of Defense). 2015. Project 112/SHAD fact sheets. http://www.health.mil/MilitaryHealth-Topics/Health-Readiness/Environmental-Exposures/Project-112-SHAD/Fact-Sheets (accessed October 15, 2015).

IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2007. Long-term health effects of participation in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21846.
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Between 1963 and 1969, the U.S. military carried out a series of tests, termed Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), to evaluate the vulnerabilities of U.S. Navy ships to chemical and biological warfare agents. These tests involved use of active chemical and biological agents, stimulants, tracers, and decontaminants. Approximately 5,900 military personnel, primarily from the Navy and Marine Corps, are reported to have been included in Project SHAD testing.

In the 1990s some veterans who participated in the SHAD tests expressed concerns to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they were experiencing health problems that might be the result of exposures in the testing. These concerns led to a 2002 request from VA to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to carry out an epidemiological study of the health of SHAD veterans and a comparison population of veterans who had served on similar ships or in similar units during the same time period. In response to continuing concerns, Congress in 2010 requested an additional IOM study. This second study expands on the previous IOM work by making use of additional years of follow up and some analysis of diagnostic data from Medicare and the VA health care system.

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