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Battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, 1946; note heavily damaged superstructure and the American flag at bowBattleship Nagato at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946Operation Crossroads atomic detonation at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946; profile of battleship Nagato could be seen at the base of the mushroom cloudOperation Crossroads Test Baker, an underwater plutonium bomb test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946. Note cruiser USS Salt Lake City and Japanese battleship Nagato among the test fleet.
Battleship Nagato at Yokosuka, Japan, 1946; note heavily damaged superstructure and the American flag at bowBattleship Nagato at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946Operation Crossroads atomic detonation at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946; profile of battleship Nagato could be seen at the base of the mushroom cloudOperation Crossroads Test Baker, an underwater plutonium bomb test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946. Note cruiser USS Salt Lake City and Japanese battleship Nagato among the test fleet.

24 items in this album on 2 pages.

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