![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/2016/04/29/19/33A9062E00000578-0-image-a-11_1461953006942.jpg)
USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
![American tanks placed on the decks of ships during the nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in 1946 in order to see how they would handle a nuclear explosion : r/TankPorn American tanks placed on the decks of ships during the nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in 1946 in order to see how they would handle a nuclear explosion : r/TankPorn](https://preview.redd.it/american-tanks-placed-on-the-decks-of-ships-during-the-v0-7is12348oo2c1.jpg?width=734&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b60c0a5121383f45c7e1d95c06ca224dad0aeb28)
American tanks placed on the decks of ships during the nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in 1946 in order to see how they would handle a nuclear explosion : r/TankPorn
![Scientists find sunken radioactive aircraft carrier that served in Bikini Atoll bomb tests | CTV News Scientists find sunken radioactive aircraft carrier that served in Bikini Atoll bomb tests | CTV News](https://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.2332790.1472067736!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_1020/image.jpg)
Scientists find sunken radioactive aircraft carrier that served in Bikini Atoll bomb tests | CTV News
![Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress](https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/02900/02948v.jpg)