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Item Number: 1094VI0903 (Record 111685)
Title:
Operation Swordfish, Nuclear ASROC Launch and Detonation, May 11, 1962 - May 11, 1962
Language/Translation:
English
# of Media:
1
Date:
11 May 1962
Collection:
Robert Horn Collection (USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) Association)
Media Type:
Moving Image (VHS)
Format:
Format not listed
Length:
Length currently unknown
Description:
It covers "Operation Swordfish" which on 11 May 1962 included the first and only live firing of an ASROC launched, armed nuclear depth charge, and its subsurface (deep ocean) detonation. It opens with a brief overview followed by detailed coverage.
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Citation:
Operation Swordfish, Nuclear ASROC Launch and Detonation, May 11, 1962,  11 May 1962, Robert Horn Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 24 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1094VI0903>.
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