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GENERAL DAMAGE ON STERN DECK, NE- 

 VADA. Such spectacular damage to equipment 

 exposed on the decks of target ships, in this case 

 "Nevada," was produced only in Test Able. The 

 Test Baker damage was primarily in the form of 

 ships sunk by the underwater blast wave, and ships 

 afloat but dangerously contaminated by the huge 

 amounts of radioactively noxious water that had 

 poured down upon them. "Nevada's" coat of 

 bright orange-yellow paint, put on to aid the bom- 

 bardier's aim, was badly scorched by the heat of 

 the explosion. 



