Operation Crossroads - NHHC
2021年8月11日 · During Operation Crossroads, only 15 percent of personnel received film-badge dosimeters, designed to measure their potential exposure to radiation. These measurements were later used to model the effects on personnel, but the secrecy of nuclear weapons testing prevented many veterans from communicating knowledge of potential exposure to their ...
Operation Crossroads: Bikini Atoll - NHHC
Operation Crossroads was an atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted in the summer of 1946 at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The series consisted of two detonations, a low altitude test and a shallow water test. The devices, each with a yield of 21 kilotons, were named shots ABLE and BAKER. A planned third test, a deep underwater detonation, was canceled …
Operation Crossroads: Fact Sheet - NHHC
2015年4月13日 · Operation Crossroads was an atmospheric nuclear weapon test series conducted in the summer of 1946. The series consisted of two detonations, each with a yield of 23 kilotons: 1. ABLE detonated at an altitude of 520 feet (158 meters) on 1 July 2. BAKER detonated 90 feet (27 meters) underwater on 25 July. It was the first nuclear test held in the Marshall …
Operation Crossroads, 1946 - NHHC
2020年10月30日 · Operation Crossroads: Nuclear Weapons Test at Bikini Atoll, 1946. Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Robert Conard, MC, USNR (Ret.). Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Robert Conard Excerpts from an interview with RADM Robert Conard, MC, USNR (Ret.) in Setauket, NY, 9 November 1993, conducted by Jan K. Herman, Historian, Bureau of …
Operation Crossroads: Composition of Joint Task Force One - NHHC
TF 1 was organized on 11 January 1946. It followed the basic principles employed during World War II to develop amphibious task forces, but incorporated needs of the scientific program. The joint task force staff comprised Army, Navy, and civilian scientific personnel. This joint staff maintained liaison with the War and Navy Departments, the Manhattan Engineer District, and …
Operation Crossroads - NHHC
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Target Ships Sunk During Test Able 1 July 1946 - NHHC
2015年4月13日 · Heavy Cruisers Sakawa (captured Japanese light cruiser) Destroyers USS Anderson (DD-411) USS Lamson (DD-367) Attack Transports USS Carlisle (APA-69) USS Gilliam (APA-57) Source: U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency. Operation Crossroads, 1946. Washington: Defense Nuclear Agency, 1984. [END]
Operation Crossroads, Joint Task Force One, Bikini Atoll
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Sinking of the Saratoga - NHHC
U-2s, UFOs, and Operation Blue Book; Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion; The Sullivan Brothers and the Assignment of Family Members; Weather Related Incidents; The Loss of Flight 19; Organization and Administration. Organization and Administration - Main; Leadership; Ranks; Regulations and Policy; Personnel; Service and Medical Records; U.S ...
Operation Crossroads: Disposition of Target Vessels - NHHC
2015年4月13日 · Carriers USS Independence (CVL-22) sunk as target off San Francisco, CA, 27 January 1951. USS Saratoga (CV-3) sunk by Test Baker at Bikini, 25 July 1946. Battleships USS Arkansas (BB-33) sunk by Test Baker at Bikini, 25 July 1946. Nagato (Japanese Battleship) sunk by Test Baker at Bikini, 29 July 1946. USS Nevada (BB-36) sunk as target off Pearl Harbor, …