IMAGE

Operation “Sailor Hat”

A condensation cloud forms above the detonation of 500-tons of TNT on Kaho‘olawe. A shockwave spreads over the water towards a U.S. Navy test ship.

Image 22.03.02

Description

The US Navy detonated five hundred tons of TNT in each of three explosions on the southwestern tip of Kahoʻolawe in Operation Sailor Hat (1965) simulating an atomic bomb blast to test its effect on communications and ships anchored offshore.

Object ID

22.03.02

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United States Navy

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Operation “Sailor Hat”

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Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi, United States

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https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/kn-series/KN-10000/KN-11352.html

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Multimedia details

Creator

United States Navy

Publisher

Naval History and Heritage Command

Date

1965-02-06

Location

Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Source

Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

22.03.IMG.013

Creator

United States Navy

Publisher

Naval History and Heritage Command

Date

1965-02-06

Location

Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Source

Naval History and Heritage Command, U.S. Navy

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

22.03.IMG.013

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