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these were in submerged position when the explosion 

 occurred. Air bubbles and fuel oil escaped from the 

 APOGON as she went down. 



YO-160, a concrete oil barge, was seen in photo- 

 graphs taken immediately after the explosion, but she 

 sank quickly. LCT-1114, a 120-ft. landing craft, cap- 

 sized and was later sunk. 



Besides sunken ships, there were many seriously 

 damaged ships to bear witness to the power of the 

 underwater explosion. Serious damage was done to 

 the battleships NEW YORK and NEVADA, the 

 cruiser PENSACOLA, the destroyers HUGHES and 

 M AYR ANT, the APA's FALLON and GASCON- 

 ADE, and LST 133. The HUGHES was soon found to 

 be in sinking condition, and the FALLON listed 

 badly. Both of these ships were therefore taken in tow 

 and beached. 



Damage w^as caused principally by the underwater 

 shock wave, which tended to crush ships' hulls and 

 seriously jar internal machinery. The pressure wave 

 in air w^as severe also, but was responsible ordinarily 

 only for less serious damage to superstructures. The 

 towering waves of water shared in the production of 

 damage. It also tended to move some of the ships 

 bodity, outward from the Zeropoint. 



INJURY TO ANIMALS 



Because the target ships were so radioactive. Cap- 

 tain Draeger's men were for several days unable to 



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