Show arkansas may alay be second target target ship or vessel nearest center of the blast for the second atomic bomb test may be the overage battleship arkansas it has been indicated by reliable sources although no definite announcement has been made by adm W H R P blandy commander ol of operations crossroads and the tha joint task force the carrier saratoga was first slated to be second target ship an interesting sidelight on fate of the saratoga which suffered only negligible damage in the first test Is that her commander capt donald macmahon knowing that thai she was slated tor for the second target ship made a wager with a friend tn in washington before bringing the ship to bikini that he would take her bar back to the east coast under her own power it looks now that he has better than a 50 50 chance of winning his bis bet |