Picture No | 10652687 |
Date | 1946 |
Description | Fleet of warships, Bikini target, by G. H. Davis |
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The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon awaiting their fate. The fleet included famous American and ex-enemy warships, most of which, with the bull's eye battleship Nevada, remained afloat after the atom bomb explosion on 30 June.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 6 July 1946, pp14-15 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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