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gptkbp:instanceOf
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nuclear weapons test series
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gptkbp:casualties
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no direct human casualties, but significant radioactive contamination
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gptkbp:codename
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gptkb:Baker
gptkb:Able
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gptkbp:conductedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:displacedPeople
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Bikini Atoll inhabitants
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gptkbp:endDate
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1946-07-25
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact
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radioactive contamination of ships and lagoon
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gptkbp:filmDocumentation
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extensively filmed and photographed
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Operation_SANDSTONE
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Operation CROSSROADS
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Bikini_Atoll
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gptkbp:mediaCoverage
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extensive, including international press
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gptkbp:notableShip
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gptkb:German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen
gptkb:Japanese_battleship_Nagato
gptkb:USS_Arkansas
gptkb:USS_Nevada
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Trinity_test
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gptkbp:purpose
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to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships
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gptkbp:significance
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first nuclear tests conducted by the US military after World War II
first nuclear detonations in the Marshall Islands
first postwar nuclear test series
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gptkbp:startDate
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1946-07-01
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gptkbp:testDevice
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Fat Man-type plutonium bomb
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gptkbp:testRuns
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2
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gptkbp:type
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atmospheric
underwater
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gptkbp:yield
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21 kilotons (each test)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Operation_SANDSTONE
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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