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Operation Crossroads: Target Ships Sunk During Test Able, 1 July 1946

Heavy Cruisers

Sakawa (captured Japanese light cruiser)

Destroyers

USS Anderson (DD-411)
USS Lamson (DD-367)

Attack Transports

USS Carlisle (APA-69)
USS Gilliam (APA-57)

Source: U.S. Defense Nuclear Agency. Operation Crossroads, 1946. Washington: Defense Nuclear Agency, 1984.