Operation Sailor Hat nuclear test - GIF

[Altair]

Operation Sailor Hat nuclear test.




Previously:

Potential nuclear targets in the continental U.S. - photo
Nuclear warhead inventories by country - photo
Largest nuclear explosions - photo
Nuclear tourism in the 1950s - photos
Nuclear missile launch sequence - GIF

[12L14]

Non-nuclear.

[ductape]

There were a number of different ships involved in this test. The one in the video may or may not be either USS England or USS Dale.
It was after the 1963 treaty that banned atmospheric and underwater nuclear test detonations, so they used huge piles of TNT as a substitute for the nuke. It was probably quite a sight.

[mklotz]

There were a number of different ships involved in this test. The one in the video may or may not be either USS England or USS Dale.
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The picture in this Wiki article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sailor_Hat

says it is the light cruiser USS Atlanta (perhaps with all the turrets removed ?)

[ductape]

The picture in this Wiki article...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sailor_Hat

says it is the light cruiser USS Atlanta (perhaps with all the turrets removed ?)

It's tough to identify decommissoned ships. After a second look, you are probably right.