Operation Whetstone

‘’’Operation Whetstone’’’ was a series of thirty-six American nuclear tests[?] conducted in 1964 and 1965. These followed the Niblick series and was in turn followed by Flintlock. All but one of these blasts were conducted beneath the Nevada Test Site. The individual blasts were:

Whetstone Test Blasts

Test Name	Date	Location	Yield	Note
Bye’'	16 July 1964	Nevada Test Site	20-200 kilotons
Cormorant’'	17 July 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Alva’'	19 August 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Canvasback’'	22 August 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Haddock’'	28 August 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Guanay’'	4 September 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Auk’'	2 October 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Par’'	9 October 1964	Nevada Test Site	<38 kilotons	Operation Plowshare
Barbel’'	16 Octoberr 1964	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
Salmon’'	22 October 1964	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	5.3 kilotons
Crepe’'	5 December 1964	Nevada Test Site	<perhaps 0.1 kloton
’’Drill’’	5 December 1964	Nevada Test Site	<3.4 kilotons
’’Parrot’’	16 December 1964	Nevada Test Site	<1.3 kilotons
’’Sulky’’	18 December 1964	Nevada Test Site	<92 tons	Operation Plowshare
’’Mudpack’’	16 December 1964	Nevada Test Site	<2.7 kilotons
’’Gum Drop’’	21 April 1965	Nevada Test Site	<4 kilotons
’’(Unknown)’’	23 April 1965	Nevada Test Site	(Unkown)
’’Tee’’	7 May 1965	Nevada Test Site	<20 Kilotons	Operation Plowshare
’’Tweed’’	21 May 1965	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons