SECOND BIKINI TEST
UNDER-WATER EXPLOSION TARGETS REARRANGED (Rec. 0.5 a.m.) BIKINI, July 6. The navy began rearranging the target fleet for the second atom bomb test, tentatively scheduled for July 25, says the Associated press correspondent. The battleship Nevada, bull’s eye for the first test, which Admiral Blandy said would not be a target for the second test, was towed to a new anchorage. Admiral Blandy said certain elements of the formation would be denser in the test against hulls than the mid-air experiment and less dense in other portions. The outer units would be much the same as for the first test. He expressed the opinion that serious damage would be larger than for the first test because hulls were vulnerable to shock transmitted through water. Admiral Blandy boarded the fireswept carrier Independence and said that practically all the heavy damage to her was done by the atom bomb creating pressure between the flight and hangar decks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26198, 8 July 1946, Page 5
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