Talk:USS Salt Lake City (CA-25)

Coordinates of the Wreckage of the USS Salt Lake City! HELP ME READ THEM!
I got NARA to cough up the coordinates of the wreckage of the USS SLC, but I don't know how to read them! Can anyone help!? I'll provide the information below: My email and their response: “The USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class cruiser that served in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Following the end of the war, the ship was used as a test vessel for Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb experiments that took place at Bikini Atoll. Following the tests, she was decommissioned and sunk as a target vessel on 25 May 1948, 130 miles off the coast of Southern California. The vessel was believed to be radioactive at the time of its sinking. The vessel was subsequently stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. There are no listed coordinates for the wreckage of the ship anywhere in the public record, online or otherwise. I am requesting records and information pertaining to the exact coordinates of the wreckage of the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). I am also requesting relevant information on the legality and safety of seeking out the vessel's wreckage in 2024.”

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https://www.reddit.com/r/adventures/comments/1ac25ok/coordinates_of_the_wreckage_of_the_uss_salt_lake/ VindonnusHasNotBeenUsed7777777 (talk) 04:23, 27 January 2024 (UTC)