UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives

Operation Plan Operation Crossroads

North Pacific Ocean : West Caroline Islands : Palau Islands : Kossol Passage and approaches

North Pacific Ocean : West Caroline Islands : Palau Islands : Garreru Anchorage and Koror Road

Francis Parker Shepard, from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, inspecting the damage to a house and scarp formation, at Kainalu, Molokai, after a tsunami. A scarp formation is displacement of the land surface by movement along the fault of an earthquake line and mass wasting caused by water runoff. April 1946

The Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. From left to right are Philip F. Rehbock, professor of history at the University of Hawaii; Deborah Day, archivist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; and Keith Benson, a professor of history from the University of Washington. July 1993

A view of people enjoying the water sports in Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu Hawaii. This photo was taken by a member of the scientific party while taking a break during the Midpac Expedition (1950). 1950

Orchids as were seen in a greenhouse in Hawaii. This photo was taken by a member of the scientific party while taking a break during the Midpac Expedition (1950). 1950

Microbiologist Richard Y. Morita who served on the MidPac Expedition (1950), is shown here in a banyan tree in Honolulu, Hawaii, during a break from the expedition. 1950

Co-Chief Scientists for Leg 60 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project Donald Hussong (left) from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, and Seiya Uyeda (right) from the Earthquake Research Institute in Tokyo, Japan. They were on the deck of D/V Glomar Challenger (ship) for a discussion of findings for Leg 60, the research vessels almost 200-foot-tall drilling derrick can be seen in the background. 1978

Remants of the local bowling alley called the Bowling Palace, after a tsunami hit Hilo, Hawaii, on the Big Island. April 4, 1946

Microbiologist Richard Y. Morita who served on the MidPac Expedition (1950), took this photo of a view overlook stop in, Hawaii, Honolulu, during a break from the expedition. 1950

Aerial view of Kawela Bay, Oahu, Hawaii after a tsunami hit this part of the island. Arrow on the photograph is where Francis Parker Shepard a geologist from Scripps Institution of Oceanography was when the waves hit this area. April 1946