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| Battleship Nagato at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946 | Operation Crossroads atomic detonation at Bikini Atoll, Jul 1946; profile of battleship Nagato could be seen at the base of the mushroom cloud |
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| Crossroads Baker atomic test, photograph taken from a US Navy PBM Mariner aircraft less than one second after the detonation, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946; identifiable ships, from left to right: Pensacola, Saratoga, Pennsylvania, Nagato, New York, and Salt Lake City | Nagato (left side of photograph) in front of a radioactive mist after the Operation Crossroads Baker detonation, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946 |
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| Operation Crossroads Test Baker, an underwater plutonium bomb test, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 25 Jul 1946. Note cruiser USS Salt Lake City and Japanese battleship Nagato among the test fleet. | Saratoga sinking after atomic bomb blast, Bikini Atoll, Marshall islands, 25 Jul 1946, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Saratoga sinking after atomic bomb blast, Bikini Atoll, Marshall islands, 25 Jul 1946, photo 2 of 2 |
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