MAKE A MEME View Large Image Independence (CVL-22) burning.jpg The U S light aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22 afire aft soon after the Able nuclear bomb test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 Operation Crossroads The bomb had exploded off the ship's port quarter causing ...
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Keywords: USS Independence (CVL-22) burning.jpg The U S light aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22 afire aft soon after the Able nuclear bomb test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 Operation Crossroads The bomb had exploded off the ship's port quarter causing massive blast damage in that area and progressively less further forward The carrier did not sink during the tests and was finally sunk as a target off San Francisco California USA on 27 January 1951 Original caption Photo 80-G-627502   USS Independence burning after the Bikini Able test 1 July 1946 removed caption U S Naval History Center http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/cvl22 htm http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g600000/g627502 jpg 1946-07-01 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Independence CVL-22 Crossroads Able Burning ships Black and white photographs Aircraft carrier shipwrecks
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