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Originally Posted by Danelov
At the end of the war ,only one IJN battleship was still afloat, the Nagato.Taked by the USN was utilised for the atomic test a Bikini,together with CV-3 Saratoga, Light cruiser Salt Lake City,the German Heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and many other ships considered expendables.
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I don't remember all of the ships that were used in Operation Crossroads, but here are the capital ones. There are lists all over the internet but I am too lazy to look right now. The ones with no note survived the tests, usually to be sunk as targets later.
BTW -The Salt Lake City was a Pensacola class CA, not a CL.
Don't wory, I make mistakes like that too sometimes.
Carriers:
USS Saratoga (Sunk by Baker)
USS Independence
Battleships:
IJN Nagato (Sunk by Baker)
USS Arkansas (Sunk by Baker)
USS Nevada
USS Pennsylvania
USS Nevada
Heavy Cruisers:
USS Salt Lake City
USS Pensacola
USS Prinz Eugen (The PE was actually commisioned into the US Navy as an misc. auxiliary)
Light Cruisers:
IJN Sakawa (Sunk by Able)
I don't know why the US didn't use some more captured Japanese vessels as well- I definitely would have used the carrier Katsuragi, maybe the CL Kashima and some DDs and SS's as well (at least the SS's which weren't being studied). Maybe a couple of U-Boats as well. With the US warships, I wouldn't have bothered with the New York and Arkansas - maybe some older CLs and the CV Ranger would have been better. Then again, the only CLs to be immediately discarded were the completely obsolete Omahas.
If the Yamato had survived the war though, there is no doubt in my mind she would have ended up in Bikini Atoll.
I would just like to know if she would have survived the blasts.
Also, it is too bad that the wreck of the Yamato didn't survive in better condition.
She is broken into three pieces, and the wreck has capsized (and has most of the hull blown open from the final magazine detonation). I have heard that the Musashi is in much better condition, but I can't find any information.
(BTW - Speaking of Crossroads and wrecks, did anyone know that the Independence was found about 15 years ago where she was sunk as a target in 1951? Now I'm OT again - someone please start a 'ships of Crossroads' thread to shut me up.
I may have to do it myself tomorow.)