ARDC-13

The ARDC-13 was important for confirming that water-front structures needed to be designed to withstand severe waves and flooding as ports are considered a good target for bombs.

The test caused cracking and derangement of interior furnishing within the ARDC-13 at eight-hundred and forty yards away from the blast.

The Williams Day Rehearsal of Test Baker was conducted using four M-46 flash bombs mounted on top of the starboard wing wall.

The ARDC-13 showed radiation levels seventy times that of the allowed tolerance eight days after the test at twelve-hundred and fifty yards from the blast.

The radiology contamination only allowed the personnel between sixteen and thirty minutes per day aboard the dry dock.