Baker Nuclear Test

Nuclear test Baker at Bikini Atoll on July 25, 1946. The black smudge on the water column’s right is reputed to be the USS Arkansas (BB-33).

Massive explosion and mushroom cloud over water as seen from an atoll, with various ships dimly visible near the base of the mushroom cloud

Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Historical Center

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Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Type

Event

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