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DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE, USS NEW 

 YORK. A United States Navy fireboat washes 

 down the decks of the battleship "New York" with 

 sea water shortly after the Baker Test. This pro- 

 cedure was carried out with many of the target 

 ships prior to sending inspection parties aboard. 

 High pressure firehose streams washed much radio- 

 active material from the decks, making the initial 

 reboardings after the test far less dangerous than 

 they would otherwise have been. During the Test 

 Baker explosion great quantities of radioactive 

 water were thrown upon the ships, either by the 

 great column tossed up or by the enormous waves. 

 This innocent-appearing but radioactive water was 

 such a hazard even after four days, that it was still 

 unsafe for inspection parties to spend any useful 

 length of time at the center of the target area. 



