MAKE A MEME View Large Image Independence (CVL-22) burning.png The U S light aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22 afire aft soon after the Able Day atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 Operation Crossroads The bomb had exploded off the ship's port ...
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Keywords: USS Independence (CVL-22) burning.png The U S light aircraft carrier USS Independence CVL-22 afire aft soon after the Able Day atomic bomb air burst test at Bikini on 1 July 1946 Operation Crossroads The bomb had exploded off the ship's port quarter causing massive blast damage in that area and progressively less further forward The carrier did not sink during the tests and was finally sunk as a target off San Francisco California USA on 27 January 1951 U S Naval History Center http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g600000/g627502 jpg 1946-07-01 USN Image USS Independence CVL-22 burning jpg cropped differently thumb PD-USGov Crossroads Able
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