The light carrier INDEPENDENCE, located between 1000 feet and V2 

 mile from the projected Zeropoint, shows severe damage. Her 600 

 foot flight deck is broken in several places. Part of the deck planking 

 has burned. Her four stacks have been demolished, and her antenna 

 masts are bent or broken. 



INDEPENDENCE'S port 

 quarter, being nearest to 

 the Zeropoint, took the 

 worst beating; much of 

 the wreckage here was 

 unrecognizable. A fire 

 broke out on the hangar 

 deck, adding to the dam- 

 age already done by the 

 shock wave. Huge beams 

 of heavy gage steel had 

 been ripped loose. The 

 plating above the water- 

 line was damaged over a 

 considerable area. 



Plate 2 



