Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll

by James P. Delgado

Book Overview

In 1946, the United States began a series of nuclear tests on Bikini Atoll to determine the impact of atomic bombs. Delgado, a noted marine archaeologist with the National Park Service, visited Bikini in the late 1980s to explore and document the condition of the sunken ships. His work is more than an archaeological study; it is the history of the nuclear age. This book chronicles the development of the bomb, its deployment in Japan, the preparations for the tests, the attempted clean-up afterward, and the beginning of the Cold War.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824818687
• ISBN13: 9780824818685
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 9.3"