Photo #: NH 97335
USS Worcester (CL-144)
Testing her anti-nuclear radiation "washdown" system,
7 July 1954.
The original caption reads: "USS Worcester ... steaming
under a protective water screen during atomic defense maneuvers.
The ship employs its salt water system to cleanse itself of radioactive
debris resulting from an atomic attack. The water carrying the
radioactive debris is shown being discharged into the sea."
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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