File:USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon on 25 July 1946 (SC 259372).jpg

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Description

English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) sinking in Bikini Atoll lagoon after she was fatally damaged by the "Baker" underwater atomic bomb test, 25 July 1946. Note her hull number "3" still visible at the front of her flight deck, air escaping from her submerged hull and oil streaming away to starboard.

Depicted place

Bikini Atoll

Date

25 July 1946

Collection

Naval History & Heritage Command

	Parent institution	United States Department of the Navy
	Location	Washington Navy Yard
	Established	1944
	Website	www.history.navy.mil
	Authority file	: Q3250126 VIAF: 1112145424606586830810 ISNI: 0000000121926193 LCCN: no2009080665 GND: 1104864061 WorldCat

Accession number

SC 259372

Source

U.S. Army Signal Corps photo SC 259372

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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID SC 259372.
Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]

This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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current	05:45, 23 September 2017	5,684 × 4,442 (9.94 MB)	Cobatfor (talk \| contribs)	watermark removed, high-res
	20:25, 7 August 2013	740 × 584 (187 KB)	Btphelps (talk \| contribs)	Larger version
	11:27, 28 January 2005	578 × 337 (78 KB)	W.wolny (talk \| contribs)