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Bikini Atoll (/ ˈ b ɪ k ɪ ˌ n iː / or / b ɪ ˈ k iː n i /; Marshallese: Pikinni, [pʲiɡinnʲi], lit. ' coconut place '), [2] known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, [3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1 km 2) central lagoon.
A Mahan-class destroyer that was sunk at Bikini Atoll in an atomic bomb test. USS LST-545: 12 May 1948 An LST-542-class tank landing ship that was sunk at Enewetak Atoll in an atomic bomb test. USS LST-661: 25 July 1948 An LST-542-class tank landing ship that was sunk at Enewetak Atoll in an atomic bomb test. Nagato Imperial Japanese Navy: 30 ...
A Balao-class submarine sunk as a target at Bikini Atoll during the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests. ARDC-13: 6 August 1946 An auxiliary floating drydock scuttled at Bikini Atoll after sustaining damage on 25 July 1946 in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests. USS Arkansas: 25 July 1946
This was a test conducted at Bikini Atoll to evaluate the effect of the atomic bomb on ships. Captain Stanhope Ring assumed command on 6 March, but was relieved on 2 June by Captain Donald MacMahan. The ship hosted comedian Jack Benny's radio show on 21 April, while Saratoga was berthed in San Francisco before her departure for Bikini. [120]
The wrecks category features photos of wrecked warships and sunken planes. The winning wreck photo shows a ship that sank when it hit a reef in Egypt in 1985.
After examining the ship in the United States, the US Navy assigned the cruiser to the Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. Having survived the atomic blasts, Prinz Eugen was towed to Kwajalein Atoll , where she ultimately capsized and sank in December 1946.
4.1 Bikini Atoll. 4.2 Guam. 4.3 Truk Lagoon. 5 Indian Ocean. ... Wreck of the Zenobia. List of shipwreck sites which are popular amongst scuba divers for wreck diving
In 1946, a year after the war ended, he watched the first U.S. nuclear bomb tests in Bikini Atoll. He was stationed in Billings, where one of his sisters lived, in 1950.