Photo #: NH 97840
USS Pensacola (CA-24)
View on the ship's afterdeck, looking forward, showing damage
inflicted during the Operation "Crossroads" atomic
bomb tests at Bikini, in July 1946. Men in the foreground are
examining the remains of equipment placed on her deck to test
the effects of the bomb explosion.
Note the caution signs painted on her after eight-inch gun turret,
presumably to reduce fire risks and prevent the taking of radioactive
items as souvenirs.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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