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USN 1110434 Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965

Photo #: USN 1110434 Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965
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Title: Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965
Description: Photo #: USN 1110434 Operation Sailor Hat, 1965 The 500-ton TNT explosive charge for Shot Charlie, second of a series of three test explosions, ready for detonation on the southwestern tip of Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii, April 1965. USS Atlanta (IX-304) is moored in the background, with her bow facing left. A large SPS-37/SPS-43A type radar antenna is mounted on a pedestal on her foredeck, immediately in front of an ASROC launcher. An SPS-30 type radar antenna is on the pedestal at her extreme bow. Both of these antennas were relocated after the February 1965 Shot Bravo. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: USN 1110434
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