Aside from radiological effects, this ship suffered severe, but not crippling, damage. Several days would have been required to clear up the interior sufficiently to permit satisfactory use. The hull strength was seriously reduced but was such that the ship could probably have been sailed to a repair base, providing no severe weather was encountered. The GASCONADE was at a range at which the most severe damage to vessels of her type began to diminish slightly. The ship received considerable damage as a result of the underwater atomic bomb explosion. It is believed, however, that with the exception of the searchlights and the master gyro compass, that electrical equipment of the latest navy shockproof design, properly mounted, would have received very minor if any damage as a result of this test. (Author).
Operation Crossroads. U.S.S. Gasconade (APA85). Test Baker. Volume 1
1947
82 pages
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English