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From "david.r.wells" <drw@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>

In article <C19nMn.2wn@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Andre Molyneux <andrem@pyrman2.mis.pyramid.com> writes:
>
>
>The discussion of the nuclear test involving the Saratoga got me
>wondering about what shape the battleship Nevada was in after the
>test.  I had heard (don't know if it was accurate) that the Nevada
>was near the center of one of the blasts, but wasn't sunk during
>the test.
>
>Do any of the documents that have been quoted have photos or give
>a description of her condition?  Also, how was she eventually sunk?
>Torpedoes?

I don't have any documents handy, so all this is from my increasingly
inaccurate memory.

After getting nuked twice, they used the Nevada as a target for torpedo
planes. When that didn't sink her either, they sent in the Iowa and 
friends, which finally did sink her. (grumble, grumble grumble)

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>My curiosity goes back to when I was a young lad in Nevada and
>went on a field trip to Carson City.  While there (maybe at the
>old state capitol?) we saw the silver set off the battleship
>named for the state.  I remember being quite confused when we
>were told that the ship had been sunk by the U.S.

I hope they saved a few other relics besides the silver set. The ship
deserved a better fate than she got.

				David R. Wells

DISCLAIMER: My opinions, not AT&Ts.