USS Bearss (DD-654) circling an iceberg, 1958
Here we see the Fletcher class destroyer USS Bearss (DD-654) circling an iceberg on 5 September 1958 during an expedition into the south Atlantic to investigate if high altitude low yield nuclear missiles could create a layer of electrical interference that might prevent incoming missiles from detonating. She escorted the guided missile ships USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), which was leading Operation Argus and which fired the three missiles. The effect turned out to exist, but to disappear too quickly to be of use.
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Rickard, J (23 October 2021), USS Bearss (DD-654) circling an iceberg, 1958 , http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_USS_Bearss_DD654_circling_iceberg.html
