Operation Crossroads BAKER, 1946

Operation Crossroads BAKER was suspended beneath landing craft LSM-60 anchored in the midst of the target fleet. It was detonated on July 25, 1946, 90 feet underwater, halfway to the bottom in water 180 feet deep. No identifiable part of LSM-60 was ever found. Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the US at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval ships

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