-2000 FEET VERY DEEP UNDERWATER NUCLEAR EXPLOSION 1955 UNKNOWN VERSION

Operation WIGWAM was a deep underwater nuclear test conducted as part of the 1945-1962 United Statesseries of atmospheric nuclear tests. It took place on May 14 and 15, 1955 in the Pacific Ocean approximately500 miles southwest of San Diego, California, under the joint administration of the Atomic Energy Commissionand the Department of Defense (DOD). The purpose of the operation was to determine the radiation andpressure phenomenology associated with nuclear detonations at great depths and to ascertain the effects such explosions would have on submerged and surface vessels. Approximately 6,800 personnel and 30 ships tookpart in this operation under the Commander, Joint Task Force 7.
A single, 30-kiloton nuclear device was suspended by cable from a towed unmanned barge to a depth of 2,000 feet in water that was 16,000 feet deep. Located at varying distances along the approximately 6-mile (30,000 feet) long towline between this barge and the fleet tug, USS TAWASA (ATF 92), were a variety of pressuremeasuring instruments, unmanned and specially prepared submerged submarine-like hulls (called squaws) as well as instrumented and also unmanned surface boats. #wigwam
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