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One of the ships that was nuclear bombed was an aircraft carrier called the "uss independence." the "uss independence had recently returned from service in the pacific theater in word war ii. this is what it looked like after it was nuked in all its radio active glory. after that experiment, the beleague eared u.s. independence was moved to a naval shipyard in san francisco where the military studied how to decontaminate something like that. but then in 1951, so five years after they nuked it. they ended up towing the thing 30 miles out to sear and sunk it in a secret location in a location of...

There was a bear in there. probably not a ideal driving down the turnpike. i doesn't see anything in there. a aircraft carrier that spent last 64 years down at the government of the ocean has been discovered and amazing intact. that is the sonar image of the uss independence, which operated in the 1940s, before being used for atomic bomb testing after the war. chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in marina del rey. jonathan, this is really a fascinating find. >> reporter: yeah very exciting one for everybody involved in this mission. obviously officials have known somewhere out there in th...

>> reporter: the u.s. navy has known the rough where abouts the "uss independence" for many years given they scuttled it themselves in 1961. the precise location remained a mystery. now though it's been found. having found it scientists sat down a booing unmanned submarine to map every inch of the "uss independence" and found it in surprising good condition even with an aircraft still in one of its hangars. surprising when you consider what that ship went through. it was damaged by japanese torpedo fire in 1943. it was then used as a kind of guinea pig craft for the testing of the atom bomb in...

Independence." the "uss independence" had recently returned from service. this is what it looks like after it was nuked in all its radioactive glory. after that experiment the beleaguered "as you see independence" was moved to a naval shipyard in san francisco, where the military studied how to decontaminate submission like that. but then in 1951 so five years after they nuked it. they hauled it out to sea and sunk in a location off the northern california coast that until now has been secret. last month the u.s. government teamed up with the boeing corporation to try to map the wreck of the "...

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