Target ship

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Target ship Japanese battleship Nagato following the Baker nuclear test in Operation Crossroads on 25 July 1946. Watercolor by Arthur Beaumont, 1946.
Target ship Japanese battleship Nagato following the Baker nuclear test in Operation Crossroads on 25 July 1946. Watercolor by Arthur Beaumont, 1946.

A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.

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