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To: Who is John Galt?
I remembered reading about the Able & Baker shots years ago, but couldn't recall the details without looking them up.

Actually, that's the shadow of the USS Arkansas.

Arkansas was the closest ship to the bomb other than the ship from which it was suspended. The underwater shock wave crushed the hull on the starboard side facing the balst, and rolled the battleship over onto its port side. It also ripped off the two starboard side propellers and their shafts, along with the rudder and part of the stern, shortening the hull by 8 meters. Contrary to popular belief, Arkansas was not lifted vertically by the blast., the dark area is caused by Arkansas’s hull interfering with the development of the spray column, creating a hole in the plume. Forensic examination of the wreck during multiple surveys since the test conclusively show that structural failure of hull plating along the starboard side allowed rapid flooding and capsized the ship.

Operation Crossroads - 1946

25 posted on 06/29/2025 7:33:07 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: logi_cal869
Thanks for the correction!
;^)
26 posted on 06/29/2025 7:38:31 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: logi_cal869

Very interesting! I had thought it was the IJN Nagato.


27 posted on 06/29/2025 7:44:50 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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