1946: Aerial view of Bikini Atoll atomic bomb explosion - Daily Mail 

The newly declassified images show the World War II veteran aircraft carrier USS Independence, which was one of nearly a hundred ships used as targets in the first tests of the atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946. Here, Sailors watch the 'Able Test' burst miles out to sea from the deck of the support ship USS Fall River on 1 July 1946 (main image), which detonated a weapon under the boats. The damage to the Independence is seen in the top right. The pictures also show The 'Baker test' of July 25, 1946 (bottom right).
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