From the Dec. 23, 2012, Northern Nevadan "Guy Clifton: Verdi man recalls 'Operation Crossroads' nuclear tests of 1946 and the 'Unsinkable USS Nevada."
Dave Larson, 85, was on the USS Nevada, the only battleship to get underway at Pearl Harbor. His ship was launched during World War I but did not fight in it.
After the war, he was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Independence and in July 1946, he was at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific and observed the nuclear tests on U.S. Navy ships.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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