An item reported that the Japanese battleship Nagato (1) was still floating after the fifth atomic bomb exploded off Bikini although heeling. A second item dated Los Angeles, USA 30th however reported that she finally sunk. She survived the first test.
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1. Laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal on 28 August 1917, launched by admiral Kato Tomosaburo on 9 November 1919, completed on 15 November 1920, commissioned on 25 November 1920 and finally sunk after being used as a target during Operation Crossroads (nuclear weapon tests) on 26 July 1946.
