Shangri La (CV 38) - Naval Cruise Book

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T' l l l B i i l l l 3 l i I k l i l A is Submarine Skate after tests. The animals fared far Worse than the target ships, for the deadly alpha, beta, and gamma rays continued to emanate from hulls and superstructure made radio- active by contact with fission products, Ten per cent of the animals used in Test Able died of air blast effects and ten per cent more were killed by radio- activity. In Test Baker it Was impossible to check ship's interiors for four days, but at that time six pis Were dead of radiation sickness, While the balance lasted OPPOSITE PAGE F our-hundred-foot wall of radioactive water inurzdates target ships. Drone camera records Baker Day blast from overhead.