![70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive 70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive](https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/thumbnails/image/28-800.jpg?itok=6iA0wDnz)
70th Anniversary of Operation Crossroads Atomic Tests in Bikini Atoll, July 1946 | National Security Archive
![USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/29/19/33A9061C00000578-0-image-a-17_1461953032448.jpg)
USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
Atomic Aerials - This ship was built in 1943, is made entirely out of concrete, participated in both atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads, and is still afloat as
![File:USS Skate (SS-305) underway at Bikini Atoll on 3 July 1946 (80-G-627489).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:USS Skate (SS-305) underway at Bikini Atoll on 3 July 1946 (80-G-627489).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/USS_Skate_%28SS-305%29_underway_at_Bikini_Atoll_on_3_July_1946_%2880-G-627489%29.jpg)
File:USS Skate (SS-305) underway at Bikini Atoll on 3 July 1946 (80-G-627489).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/c7955bc8195f84d32548bb7e883b0bbd/mev-10652687.jpg)
The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon..., Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10652687 | agefotostock
![Three Planes and a Boat to Ground Zero: Diving Bikini Atoll's Nuclear Target Fleet | California Diver Magazine Three Planes and a Boat to Ground Zero: Diving Bikini Atoll's Nuclear Target Fleet | California Diver Magazine](http://californiadiver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Navy-mk-V-helmet-.jpg)