The aircraft carrier SARA- 

 TOGA is sinking by the 

 stern, seven hours after 

 the Test B explosion. She 

 was more than 500 feet 

 from the Zeropoint, yet 

 her below-the- waterline 

 hull took a bad beating; 

 much of her superstruc- 

 ture including her stacks 

 had been demolished, 

 and all moored airplanes 

 and materials on deck 

 had been swept over- 

 board. 



A Navy fireboat washes down the deck of the battleship NEW YORK 

 after Test B. This procedure was followed for many of the target ships 

 prior to sending inspection parties aboard, since great quantities of 

 radioactive water had been thrown onto the decks. A few of the 

 ships remained "hot" for months. 



Plate 30 



