Operation Ivy
Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1952
Shot Mike & Shot King
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Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Operation Tumbler-Snapper and before Operation Upshot–Knothole. The two explosions were staged in late 1952 at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands.
The Operation Ivy test series was the first to involve a hydrogen bomb rather than an atomic bomb, further to the order of President Harry S. Truman on January 31, 1950 that the US should continue research into all forms of nuclear weapons. The bombs were prepared by the US Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department aboard naval vessels, and were capable of being detonated remotely from the control ship Estes.
Dates: Oct 29 – Dec 31, 1952
Videos
Operation Ivy - Nuclear Fusion Test Film
Ivy-Mike - First Hydrogen Bomb Test
List of Participants
| SHOT | DATE | SITE | US SHIP PARTICIPATION |
| Mike | 11/1/1952 | Enewetak | David C. Shanks, Mansfield, Collett, Arikara, Yuma, Elder, Curtiss, General E.T. Collins, Estes, Leo, LST-836, Oak Hill, LCU-666, LCU-667, LCU-709, LCU-764, LCU-851, Agawam, Lipan, Spencer F. Baird, MV Horizon, Carpenter, Fletcher, O'Bannon, Radford, Rendova, FASRON-7, HS-2, VC-3, VP-2, FASRON-110, VR-3, BuShips, FPO-824, VR-8, LST-827, SIMPAC Fleet or CINCPACFLT, YON-146, YOG-69 |
| King | 11/16/1952 | Enewetak | MV Spencer F. Baird, Curtiss, General E.T. Collins, Estes, Leo, LST-836, Oak Hill, LCU-666, LCU-667, LCU-709, LCU-764, LCU-851, Agawam, Lipan, Spencer F. Baird, MV Horizon, Carpenter, Fletcher, O'Bannon, Radford, Rendova, FASRON-7, HS-2, VC-3, VP-2, FASRON-110, VR-3, BuShips, FPO-824, VR-8, LST-827, SIMPAC Fleet or CINCPACFLT, YON-146, YOG-69 |
Contact Us for More Information
If you believe you were exposed to the effects of Operation Ivy and were subsequently diagnosed with cancer, please call the National Cancer Benefits Center at (800) 414-4328 or use our online form to request more information.
