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USN 1110440 Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965

Photo #: USN 1110440 Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965
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Title: Operation "Sailor Hat", 1965
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Description: Photo #: USN 1110440 Operation Sailor Hat, 1965 500-ton TNT explosive charge is detonated in Shot Charlie, April 1965. This was the second of three Operation Sailor Hat test explosions conducted on Kahoolawe Island, Hawaii, in February-June 1965 USS Atlanta (IX-304) is moored to the left of the blast, with her bow pointing to the left. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: USN 1110440
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