Pacific Proving Ground Aerial Targeting Maps

DOMINIC I Christmas Island B52 Target Barge Locations:


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GZ-10:
Adobe (210 kt/2730 ft)
Aztec (408 kt/2610 ft)
Yukon (119 kt/2880 ft)
Mesilla (69 kt/2000 ft)
Muskegon (50.4 kt/3000 ft)
Swanee (97 kt/2700 ft)
Chetco (77.6 kt/6800 ft)
Tanana (2.8 kt/9030 ft)
Nambe (42.5 kt/7140 ft)
Truckee (225 kt/6970 ft)
Dulce (54.3 kt/9090 ft)
Otowi (81.5 kt/9010 ft)

GZ-12:
Questa (670 kt/5230 ft)
Encino (512 kt/5300 ft)

GZ:15:
Arkansas (1090 kt/5300 ft)
Alma (807 kt/8865 ft)

GZ-17:
Harlem (1100 kt/13645 ft)
Rinconada (815 kt/9105 ft)
Petit (3 kt/14995 ft)
Bluestone (1270 kt/4980 ft)
Sunset (810 kt/5000 ft)

GZ-20:
Yeso (3130 kt/8325 ft)

GZ-25:
Pamlico (3820 kt/14330 ft)

GZ:30:
Bighorn (7650 kt/11810 ft)

Source: Report by Commander Joint Task Force Eight to the Chairman, United
States Atomic Energy Commission and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the
1962 Pacific Nuclear Tests (Operation Dominic) Enclosure L Report of
Scientific Summary

DOMINIC I Johnston Island B52 Target Barge Locations:

 
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SZ-1:
(In progress)

SZ-2:
Bumping (11.9 kt ± 1.2 kt/9900 ft)
Calamity (800 kt/11780 ft)

SZ-3:
Chama (1400 ± 300 kt/11976 ft)

SZ-4:
Androscoggin (63 ± 10 kt, cloud cover obscured fireball growth yield estimate/10260 ft)
Housatonic (10000 kt/12130 ft)

Source: Report by Commander Joint Task Force Eight to the Chairman, United
States Atomic Energy Commission and the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the
1962 Pacific Nuclear Tests (Operation Dominic) Enclosure L Report of
Scientific Summary