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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

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. Online Image: 47KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-N-1110440.

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10 October 2003