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  2. USS Nevada (BB-36) - Wikipedia

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    USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships.Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, [c] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range ...

  3. USS Nevada (SSBN-733) - Wikipedia

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    USS Nevada (SSBN-733) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Nevada , the 36th state.

  4. Operation Crossroads - Wikipedia

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    Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity on July 16, 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect ...

  5. List of nuclear submarines - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear-powered attack / cruise missile submarines. Khabarovsk class (Project 09851) [34] ... USS Nevada, SSBN-733; USS New Hampshire, SSN-778; USS Newport News, SSN-750;

  6. List of military nuclear accidents - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet nuclear submarine K-129 sank with a crew of 98 due to an explosion of unknown cause. The International Atomic Energy Agency stated that two nuclear warheads from K-129 were located in the Pacific 1,230 miles from Kamchatka at coordinates 40°6'N and 179°57'E at a depth of 6,000 metres (20,000 ft), and lists them as recovered. May 22 ...

  7. Today in History: Nevada is site of first-ever underground ...

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    On this day in 1957, the first underground nuclear test was carried out at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375 square-mile research center located 65 miles away from Las Vegas.The 1,7 kiloton nuclear ...

  8. Operation Hardtack I - Wikipedia

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    Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. [1] [2]: 212 At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonations than the total of prior nuclear explosions in the Pacific Ocean.

  9. Category:Ships involved in Operation Crossroads - Wikipedia

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    Ships that were used as targets by the United States Navy during the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll as part of Operation Crossroads. Pages in category "Ships involved in Operation Crossroads" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.