OFF BIKINI ATOLL--The floor of Bikini Lagoon was a junkyard of naval might today, testifying to the terrific power of the underwater atomic bomb whose explosion sent 11 vessels to the bottom and heavily damaged at least four others.
The oil-covered, radioactive waters of the lagoon still prevented a closeup survey of the damage to what was an 87-ship target array, but the tonnage scoreboard for the first two controlled tests of the bomb's power against naval strength heavily favored this submarine burst. The score thus far was two to one.
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