File:View of the target fleet after Crossroads test Able on 1 July 1946.jpg

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Description Bikini Atoll Atomic Bomb Tests, 1946: View of the target fleet immediately after the "Able" aerial burst on 1 July 1946. The aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) is in the center with USS Independence (CVL-22) burning at left-center. The ex-Japanese battleship Nagato is between them. Note the ship at left next to the battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) trying to wash down the radioactivity with (contaminated) water from the lagoon.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-20262 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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