APPENDIX C SUNKEN SHIPS AND OBSTACLES IN THE LAGOON Le INTRODUCTION There were 23 announced nuclear tests at the Bikini Atoll. Operation and Event Names and date of test, see Table C-1. locations for these tests are shown on Figure C-l. For the The approximate During Operations Crossroads and Castle a series of tests particularly affected the floor of the Lagoon. 1.1 Operation nuclear weapons Crossroads tests, (see ABLE and weapons against naval warships. summer of 1946 at a site Figure BAKER, C-1, to assess approximately 5000 ABLE was an above-water detonation. was reported. disturbance of Approximate GZ It the of was an. air lagoon bottom. the BAKER shot latitude 119 35' 5" North. Eleven Operation ships were Crossroads. The the consisted of two effects of nuclear The tests were conducted in the spring and Island. not Site A) sunk ships burst yards in and did was longitude were not an cause Bikini permanent underwater 1659 30' lagoon (See Table reported to the of The ground zero (GZ) of ABLE BAKER is southwest be 40" in burst. East and | C-1) during battle-ready condition at the time of the tests, i.e., loaded with fuel and ammunition. At present, surrounding material the sunken BAKER's (see Figure warships, and it has GZ ships was remain on disturbed C-1). The fuel the and of] lagoon bottom. contaminated and by ammunition been reported that the “Saratoga” The area radioactive remain on the (one of the sunken ships) can be located by sighting a small surface oil slick above her. 1.2 Operation Castle consisted of 5 nuclear weapons significant 5000082 of these tests is the BRAVO c-1 shot (Figure tests. C-1, Site The most B) which