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GILLIAM CLASS SHIPS

The 16 ships expended as nuclear targets. Look for references to Operation Crossroads in the supplied reference (the "used as nuclear target" link), this refers to the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll where these ships were used as targets. Those that survived the nuclear weapons were later tested for the effects of the bomb and then scuttled, sunk, or in a few cases of mild radiation, decommissioned in '46 along with the rest of the class.


 * USS Gilliam (APA-57) used as nuclear target
 * USS Banner (APA-60) used as nuclear target
 * USS Barrow (APA-61) used as nuclear target
 * USS Bracken (APA-64) used as nuclear target
 * USS Briscoe (APA-65) used as nuclear target
 * USS Brule (APA-66) used as nuclear target
 * USS Butte (APA-68) used as nuclear target
 * USS Carlisle (APA-69) used as nuclear target
 * USS Carteret (APA-70) used as nuclear target
 * USS Catron (APA-71) used as nuclear target
 * USS Crittenden (APA-77) used as nuclear target
 * USS Dawson (APA-79) used as nuclear target
 * USS Fallon (APA-81) used as nuclear target
 * USS Gasconade (APA-85) used as nuclear target
 * USS Geneva (APA-86) used as nuclear target
 * USS Niagara (APA-87) used as nuclear target