Operation Crossroads nuclear tests

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation nuclear test
gptkbp:animalTesting	used animals to study effects
gptkbp:cancelledTest	gptkb:Charlie
gptkbp:civilianObservers	invited
gptkbp:codename	Crossroads
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Vice_Admiral_William_H._P._Blandy
gptkbp:conductedBy	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	1946
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Operation_Sandstone
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Operation Crossroads nuclear tests
gptkbp:involvedIn	over 42,000 personnel
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Bikini_Atoll
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:notableFor	first nuclear tests after World War II first underwater nuclear explosion first nuclear detonations since Hiroshima and Nagasaki
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Trinity_test
gptkbp:purpose	study effects of nuclear weapons on warships
gptkbp:resultedIn	radioactive contamination of ships and lagoon
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	over 90 target ships
gptkbp:testName	gptkb:Baker gptkb:Able
gptkbp:testRuns	2
gptkbp:type	atmospheric underwater
gptkbp:yield	21 kilotons (each test)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5