Helicopters land aboard Shangri-La. A death-dealing, radioactive particles as it mushroomed 40,000 feet in the air to be dissipated in the strong stratosphere winds. -So the Atomic Bomb came into being. Within a month it was parachuted on two enemy cities, exploding at a predetermined altitude which spread its mechanical energy over larger areas and most of the deadly radioactivity was carried harmlessly skyward. It was this deadly invisible wave of radioactivity which presented the problem to our Navy, whose ships were built to withstand punishment by force but manned by human beings vulnerable to the alpha, beta, and gamma rays emitted in the disintegration of the atomic nuclei. Alpha and beta rays may be stopped by thin shields, the former achieving lethal damage to life only when inhaled. Gamma rays constitute the most deadly aspect of atomic fission, since they have the ability to penetrate great thicknesses of every sub- stance known to man, including heavy steel armor. Admiral Blandy'is problem was to determine the effectiveness of atomic weap- ons against a wide cross-section of military equipment, plus the physiological effects on life itself. Accordingly the Navy Department ordered the following ships to Bikini as guinea pigs in the first test of atomic energy against naval forces: C TARGET GROUP BB-3 3 Arkansas CSD CA-25 Salt Lake City CPD DD-3 71 Conyngham BB-34 New York CPD CV- 3 Saratoga CSD DD-3 78 Smith BB-36 Nevada CDD CPD CVL-22 Independent CDPD DD-386 Bagley BB-3 8 Pennsylvania CPD DD-3 6 7 Lamson CSD DD- 3 8 8 Helm CA-24 Pensacola CDD CPD DD-3 6 8 Flusser DD-3 8 9 Mugford CPD
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Admiral's Cabin. Commendation for Lieut. F. J. Scanlon. Cv-38 AGC- 7 AGC- 1 AGC- 2 AGC-1-3 APA- 27 APA-228 CVE-117 DD-705 DD-706 DD-707 DD-692 DD-693 DD-694 DD-722 DD-723 DD-724 DD-725 DD- DD- AD-14 770 781 Shangri-La Mount McKinley Appalachian Blue Rridge Panamint George Clymer Rockbridge Saidor Compton Gainard Soley A. M. Sumner Moale Ingraham Barton Walke Laffey O'Brien Lowry R. K. Huntington Dixie SUPPORT GROUP APA-220 Rockingham APA-235 Bottineau APA-23 7 Bexar AKA- 9 9 Rolette APA-230 Rockwall AKA-101 Ottawa APA- 31 Saint Croix AV- 5 Alberarle APA- 3 7 Cavalier AV- 1 7 Cumberland Sound APA- 45 Henrico AP- 7 Wharton LCT C61 1359 LST-817 LCT Q6j 1361 LST-881 DESTROYER DIVISION 111 AG-76 Avery Island ARB- 8 Telamon i DD-708 Harland R. Dickson ARD- 2 9 DD-709 Hugh Purvis ATA-180 AGS- 4 Bowditch ATA-185 AH-12 Haven ATA-192 , AH-13 Benevolence LCI-977 ' AKS- 4 Pollux LCI-1067 AO-61 Severn LCT-5 81 AO-69 Enoree LCT-746 A AOG-25 Calamus LCT-1184- AR- 6 Ajax LCT- 1420 ARB- 3 Phaon PGM-23 ARB- 7 Sarpedon PGM-25 Steward's Mates Party.
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