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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:

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 19 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1094VI0903>.

Item Number: 10940000000 (Record 111683)

Title:

Finding Aid for the Robert Horn Collection

Collection:

Robert Horn Collection (USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786) Association)

Media Type:

Finding Aid

Scope and Content:

Videotape created by Robert Horn using recently declassified sources documents Operation Swordfish, circa 1962, the first and only live firing of an ASROC armed nuclear depth charge and its subsurface detonation. The tape contains film shot from the USS Anderson, one of the few ships allowed close to the detonation. The tape also includes aerial photos showing the flight, entry, explosion, mushroom lume, and base surge of the detonation.

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Citation:

Finding Aid, No Date, Robert Horn Collection, The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University. Accessed 19 May. 2013. <http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=10940000000>.