Show Arkansas May Be Second Target Ship Target ship or vessel nearest cen- cen center center jr ter of the blast for the the- second atomic bomb test may be the over over- overage f age Ee battleship ge Arkansas it has been Indicated Bleated by reliable sources al- al although though ugh gh no definite announcement has been made by Adm Ad W. W H. H P. P Body commander of operations Crossroads Broads and the joint task force The carrier carner first IM j Saratoga was slated o to be second target ship t An interesting sidelight on fate of the Saratoga which suffered only negligible damage in the first test is that her commander Capt Donald Don Don- Donald Donald ald MacMahon knowing that she was slated for the second target ship made a wager with a 3 friend in Washington before bringing the ship to t Bikini that he would take her back to the East coast under her own power It looks now that he has better than a 50 chance of winning his bet I |