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Summary

English: Deep sea divers preparing to explore the sunken battleship SARATOGA, Bikini Atoll, summer 1947 (

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Photographer

United States Navy

Title

English: Deep sea divers preparing to explore the sunken battleship SARATOGA, Bikini Atoll, summer 1947

Description

English:

Images documenting the 1947 Bikini Resurvey Project. The Saratoga was sunk as a target vessel during the 21 kiloton underwater nuclear weapons test, known as Operation Crossroads (Event Baker), in Bikini Atoll's lagoon July 25, 1946.

Caption in scrapbook: Deep sea divers on stage for first descent on SARATOGA.

ABCR 5018-11

Bikini Atoll Radiological Survey Scrapbook, p. 23.

Subjects (LCSH): Deep diving--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll; Scuba apparatus--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll

Depicted place

English: Marshall Islands - Bikini Atoll

Date

1947

Collection

University of Washington

	Native name	University of Washington
	Location	Seattle, Washington, United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 39′ 15″ N, 122° 18′ 29″ W
	Established	1861
	Website	www.washington.edu
	Authority file	: Q219563 VIAF: 265500071 ISNI: 0000000122986657 ULAN: 500308857 LCCN: n79054596 NLA: 35573202 WorldCat

Current location

University of Washington: Special Collections

Accession number

18

Source

English: Donaldson Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys

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