A-bomb test at bikini

See also Michael D. Over 42, U. The underwater shock wave crushed the starboard side of her hull, which faced the bomb, and rolled the battleship over onto her port side. Most of the younger descendants have never lived there or even visited. When Blandy proposed an all-Navy board to evaluate the results, Senator McMahon complained to Truman that the Navy should not be "solely responsible for conducting operations which might well indeed determine its very existence. June 30,

The shot Redwing series followed—11 tests at Enewetak Atoll and six at Bikini. Glasstone , p. This site uses cookies to assist with navigation, analyse your use of our services, and provide content from third parties. The blast, which was filmed and shown around the world, blew 2 million tons of water and seafloor material into the air and formed the characteristic mushroom cloud. Retrieved January 2, Threads collapsed expanded unthreaded.

But 10 years later, a team of French scientists found that some wells were too radioactive for use and determined that the pandanus and breadfruit were also dangerous for human consumption. Retrieved January 22, The following day, August 10, Warren showed Blandy an autoradiograph of a fish, an x-ray picture made by radiation coming from the fish. Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap.