Historic Photos--Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Tests 1946

Historic Photos
Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Tests 1946

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Photo #: SC 259372

Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests, 1946

USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker Day" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946.
Note her hull number ("3") still visible at the front of her flight deck, air escaping from her submerged hull and oil streaming away to starboard.

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Photo #: 80-G-627502

USS Independence (CVL-22)

Afire aft, soon after the "Able Day" atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946.
The bomb had exploded off the ship's port quarter, causing massive blast damage in that area, and progressively less further forward.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Photo #: 80-G-627471

USS Independence (CVL-22)

View of the ship's port quarter, showing severe blast damage caused by the "Able Day" atomic bomb air burst at Bikini on 1 July 1946.
Photographed at Bikini anchorage on 23 July 1946.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Bikini Atoll, Nuclear Tests 1946
URL: http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/WWII_Pix/Bikini_Tests.html

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e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au

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Photo #: SC 259372 Bikini Atomic Bomb Tests, 1946 USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker Day" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946. Note her hull number ("3") still visible at the front of her flight deck, air escaping from her submerged hull and oil streaming away to starboard. Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-627502 USS Independence (CVL-22) Afire aft, soon after the "Able Day" atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946. The bomb had exploded off the ship's port quarter, causing massive blast damage in that area, and progressively less further forward. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Photo #: 80-G-627471 USS Independence (CVL-22) View of the ship's port quarter, showing severe blast damage caused by the "Able Day" atomic bomb air burst at Bikini on 1 July 1946. Photographed at Bikini anchorage on 23 July 1946. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.