Ex SS Michael Moran (YAG 59) Class: Photographs
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Ex SS Michael Moran (YAG 59) Ex Michael Moran (YAG-59) at 0.08 of a second after the Operation Hardtack Umbrella underwater test detonated in the Eniwetok lagoon on 9 June 1958. In this test a device with a yield of 8 kilotons was triggered at a depth of 45 meters. From a U.S. government video posted by TheCentralnuclear on YouTube. Photo No. None Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3oEgFM8wY |
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Ex SS Michael Moran (YAG 59) About six seconds into the Umbrella test at Eniwetok on 9 June 1958 with the water column rising rapidly. The contrails are from rockets used to measure pressures during the explosion. Ex Michael Moran is silhouetted against the bottom of the seawater column. Posted on Twitter on 9 June 2021. Photo No. None Source: twitter.com/atomicarchive/status/1402671448423124994 |
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Ex SS Michael Moran (YAG 59) Ex Michael Moran (YAG-59) being engulfed in the base surge at about 25 seconds into the test. From a U.S. government video posted by TheCentralnuclear on YouTube. Photo No. None Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3oEgFM8wY |
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