BOMBS AT BIKINI 



A strong earth shock was recorded by seismographs 

 located on Amen, eight miles from the Zeropoint. 



DAMAGE TO SHIPS 



The B-Day Bomb sank nine ships and seriously 

 damaged many others. 



LSM-60, situated directly above the bomb, disin- 

 tegrated instantly. A few of the flying fragments were 

 photographed by tower motion picture cameras ; a very 

 few fragments fell on other vessels and were later 

 picked up by boarding personnel. 



The 26,000 ton battleship ARKANSAS sank almost 

 at once, while still obscured by spray and steam. She 

 was the closest of the target vessels and was located 

 well over 500 feet from the Zeropoint. She suffered 

 severe damage to her hull. In sinking, she carried with 

 her the dubious honor of being the first battleship to 

 be sunk by an atomic bomb, and the first battleship to 

 be sunk by a bomb which never touched her. 



The aircraft carrier SARATOGA sank by the stern 

 seven and a half hours after Mike Hour. She was the 

 next-to-closest of the target ships and was located over 

 500 ft. from the Zeropoint. Although she was de- 

 signed over 20 years ago and, before she sank, was the 

 oldest United States aircraft carrier afioat, she was 

 extremely strongly built. In fact her hull had been 

 designed originally as that of a battle cruiser, and in- 

 cluded . hundreds of watertight compartments. She 

 weighed 33,000 tons. By three hours after Mike Hour, 



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