![This ship was built in 1943 as a stores supply vessel during WWII; it is made entirely out of reinforced concrete, it participated both atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during Operation This ship was built in 1943 as a stores supply vessel during WWII; it is made entirely out of reinforced concrete, it participated both atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during Operation](https://preview.redd.it/ge6g7szi93091.jpg?auto=webp&s=7656ab8a49442e33248ba85d681bb90a5d528c87)
This ship was built in 1943 as a stores supply vessel during WWII; it is made entirely out of reinforced concrete, it participated both atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll during Operation
![Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/02900/02944v.jpg)
Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress
![USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/04/29/20/33A905F900000578-3566249-Previously_declassified_these_images_from_the_files_of_Hunters_P-a-47_1461958634227.jpg)
USS Independence was blown up alongside 77 other ships as part of atomic tests at Bikini Atoll | Daily Mail Online
![Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress Mushroom cloud with ships below during Operation Crossroads nuclear weapons test on Bikini Atoll] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ds/02900/02950v.jpg)