| Show ater ter Covers Ships Ship f Bomb A-Bomb Explodes III b l W ATOLL Thursday WP An UP-An An atomic bomb lode laded cd beneath the surface i lagoon amidst a test Of 87 anchored vessels Y It t baker bomb second bomb second of crossroads was crossroads was deto- deto i Yr y radio impulse at time p. p f m m. Pa Pa- fd time e err rs C could uld feel the c s shock ock d lee w the tremendous i exa ex v. v ex- ex La It blasted with clevas- clevas a- a pact P l a against the tho guinea t t. gray to tower of water i from the 0 la la- mett rny obscuring the ind end r radIoactive spray into inlo the unlit blue bluer sunlit L. L sky blotted out the carrier Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Sara Sara- toga and oth other r ships anchored o othe on the lagoon The tower of water was big at atthe atthe atthe the bottom tapering to the top op From the B 29 flying over the tho target area observers co could d see seethe seethe seethe the huge dome of spume as a's it spread over the tho array of warships and Camera sights were were were- completely wiped out for a few moments as the gigantic mass of ot water cas cas- A cruiser apparently the gallant old Salt Lake Lako City was sighted in lri the lagoon after the e water began subsiding Thirteen minutes after aUer the blast observers co ld see Bee only 16 vessels moored moored on on the lagoon Three ot of See Page 2 1 Column 4 BIKINI BOMB Contin Continued cd d from Pago gc Ono One these were described ds as combat vessel vessels Some of ot the ships still remaining remainIng remain remain- ing lug on the lagoon apparently were not still moored in their original positions One observer 15 minutes after ater hour H-hour could still see sec the battered carrier Independence previously Independence previously badly wrecked by the testable explosion ex ex- afloat t. t From a B 29 flying over the Lagoon 16 minutes after the blast observers could see the battleships battleships bat bat- Nevada which Nevada which survived Able day day and and the battleships New York and Nagato The lIThe force torce of air being compressed compressed compressed com com- pressed into the jacket would just about crush your chest ho said And th then n Pilot Whittaker went Into his assigned orbit to circle for the final few tew minutes of wait- wait Ing |
