- USS CURTISS (AV-4) OPERATION CASTLE, 1954
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- From Table 60, operational activities during the CASTLE
test series, CASTLE SERIES, DNA 6035F, 1 April 1982. Page 341 is from
the logbook of the USS CURTISS, Shot KOON 7 Apr 1954.
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- Steamed independently in operating area BG 28-36-1.
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- At 1138 anchored berth N-6, Bikini; at 1948 left berth
en route to Enewetak; at 2305 an unidentified luminous object passed
over ship from bow to stern, yellowish-orange in color, traveling
at a high rate of speed and a low altitude.
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- The CURTISS was carrying components of the thermonuclear
bombs assembled aboard by the scientific laboratory and detonated in the
Marshall Islands at Enewetak and Bikini. There were six shots, BRAVO, ROMEO,
KOON, UNION, YANKEE, NECTAR. BRAVO was the largest thermonuclear bomb
detonated in the atmosphere, at 15 megatons, destroying the life style
of the Marshallese, ruining their health, and the health of the American
servicemen aboard those ships.
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- Pat B, NAAV
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