Operation Crossroads target ships at Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands. United States damage assessment and radiation monitoring crews visiting target ships after the first atomic bomb test ("Able") during Operation Crossroads. States Navy ships seen include: USS Butte (APA-68) with smoke issuing from her stack, LCT-112,USS MacLeish (DD-220). Pictures taken from small boat show numbers 68, 220, and LCT-112 clearly painted on bows and sterns of ships. Navy hospital ship USS Bountiful (AH-9) is seen. It served as home for radiation monitoring crews. Assessment personnel seen in small boats maneuvering around USS Butte (APA-68)
Views from small boat of target ships and support ship for Operation Crossroads atomic tests at Bikini Atoll, Marshal Islands. Ships seen are: LCT-112, USS Butte (APA-68), USS Catron (APA-71),LST-661, LST-133, and the USS Bayfield (APA-33), the support ship for damage assessment teams Small boats used by the assessment teams are seen near stern of the Bayfield..
Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. U.S. target fleet off the coast. U.S. Navy personnel aboard a patrol boat. The navy personnel hose down the decks of another ship. Guns of various ships.
Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Smoke rises from a burning ship of a target fleet after an atomic explosion. A man operates an instrument aboard a ship. Animals like goats and sheep are penned on the deck of the ship. Caged rats on the ship. Sailors open boxes containing rats.
Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. The U.S. Navy sailors aboard a target fleet carrier. Airplanes parked on the deck of the carrier. USS Saratoga (CV-3) anchored. A craft alongside a ship. A ship underway.
Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb Test Able Day) by the United States on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. U.S. targets ships in a lagoon. Navy personnel aboard a ship.
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