ATOMIC FLAGSHIP
Return from Bikini STILL RADIO-ACTIVE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26. Still carrying some radio-active hot-spots, the .'Bikini flagship, Mount McKinley, will arrive at Oakland, California to-day. A task force biologist reports that most of the contamination remaining, is of the Beta type, which is not dangerous except through prolonged contact. Several large woven rope fenders and other rear which remained persistently radio-active, were heaved overboard. The chief medical officer of the task SL S that although. 42,000 men were present during the tests, there were no injuries dire^ tly from the atom bomb. All salvageable targetships were being sailed or towed to Kwajalein. Several were still too radio-active to remain on than a few minute?. ______
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Grey River Argus, 27 August 1946, Page 5
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116ATOMIC FLAGSHIP Grey River Argus, 27 August 1946, Page 5
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