The array of target ships in Bikini lagoon for the <i>Baker</i> shot of Operation Crossroads, July, 25, 1946.  The ten red X's mark the ten ships that sank. The black circle, with a radius of 1,000 yards from the point of detonation, outlines the area of serious ship damage. The blue circle, 330-yard radius, marks the rim of the shallow underwater crater created by the blast, as well as the circumference of the hollow water column which capsized the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Arkansas_(BB-33)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Arkansas (BB-33)"><i>Arkansas</i></a>.  The submarines were submerged, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Pilotfish_(SS-386)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Pilotfish (SS-386)"><i>Pilotfish</i></a>, ship #8, to a keel depth of 56 feet, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Apogon_(SS-308)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Apogon (SS-308)"><i>Apogon</i></a>, ship # 2, to a keel depth of 100 feet.
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2008-10-28
Own work by uploader.  Data in the map come from Delgado, James P., <i>et al., The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb</i>, National Park Service, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991.  The <i>Able</i> map is on p 16, the <i>Baker</i> map on p 17, and ship damage and distances on pp 86-136. The full text of this reference is posted on the Internet.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/NNPS_903_D160_-38840-pg0000.pdf">[1]</a>