Why would the US navy paint this battleship orange?
For over a hundred years, warships from navies all over the world have been painted all kinds of different colors. But orange?

It was called Operation Crossroads, and believe it or not, this is the battleship USS Nevada.

0:00 Intro
1:01 USS Nevada
1:57 Operation Crossroads
2:56 Why USS Nevada Never Sank
3:43 Shipwreck of USS Nevada

Credits
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