AU REVOIR TO MANHATTAN. The veteran bat- 

 tleship "New York," built in 1914, is nudged down 

 river in New York Harbor as she starts the long 

 trip to Bikini to join the group of target vessels 

 destined to feel the might of atomic bombing. 

 Slow and overweight by modern standards, the 



"New York" saw action in both World War I and 

 II. During the recent war the "New York" was 

 placed on convoy duty, participated in North 

 African landings, saw action off Iwo Jima and Oki- 

 nawa. Attacked by Jap torpedoes, bombs, artillery 

 and planes, she was hit only once, at Okinawa. 



