Item #: SCP-XXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: An area 50km in diameter surrounding the site of SCP-XXX’s resting place is to be continuously patrolled and monitored by MTF Gamma-9 (Deep Feeders). All commercial/military maritime and air traffic will be redirected around this exclusion zone, unless otherwise directed by Foundation interests. MTF Gamma-5 (They're on our side, Sir!) will be detailed to monitor, and if necessary, redirect or neutralize orbiting satellites passing over the exclusion zone. In order to facilitate the exploration of SCP, a facility has been established inside the SCP-XXX's starboard hangar . The Foundation vessel SCPS Astraeus is detailed to provide support to exploration efforts, including retrieval and analysis of recovered artifacts and documentation, recovery of remains, and emergency ordnance disposal.
Description: SCP-XXX is the wreck of a naval warship of immense proportions located at N ████████, W████████ at a depth of 634m. The vessel is 3,444 feet long and has an estimated displacement of 200,000 tons. After thorough and ongoing exploration, Foundation naval architects have determined that the vessel is a “battlecarrier”, equipped to function as a battleship, aircraft carrier, and troop carrier. Ship’s logs, troop manifests, and the vessels’ commissioning plate identify the vessel as the USS Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, launched on 8/09/194█. According to the captain’s last log entry (dated 7/12/██), the ship was enroute to the island of Sicily in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of the Italian Coast. The “JLC” (as the ship is/was known in popular culture-see addendum) was carrying the United States 81st Infantry Division (10,000+ troops and support vehicles), 85 aircraft (including four engined bombers), and was prepared for shore bombardment with sixteen (16) 16-inch turrets (see addendum c for armament analysis). Despite recovered documentation indicating SCP-XXX transiting the Atlantic Ocean with a relatively large convoy of support vessels, no evidence or wreckage of any of these vessels has yet been located. Extensive research involving recovered military equipment is ongoing; although very similar, none of the aircraft, armored fighting vehicles, uniforms, small arms or naval weapons correspond to existing weapons of the time.
SCP-XXX was discovered during geologic investigation efforts surrounding a magnitude 2.4 underwater earthquake off the coast of ████████. Assets embedded within the U.S. Geological Survey quickly alerted the Foundation, at which time several MTF teams were deployed to secure the site.
Insofar as can be deduced from the nearly pristine condition of the vessel, none of the estimated 25,000 personnel aboard survived. Recovery of the crew’s remains was given priority following discovery of SCP-XXX, and lasted ██ months; examination and autopsy of these remains is still ongoing as of the time of this report, although some conclusions have been drawn based on evidence gathered so far:
-None of the personnel found aboard the vessel died as the result of drowning. Personnel located in airtight compartments of the ship were found with no physical trauma, but showed evidence of natural decay (later used to estimate time of death). No definitive cause of death has yet to be established. Time of death, as can best be determined, appears to be synchronous with the reported time of the earthquake.
-Personnel found aboard the vessel were manning their various stations. The bridge crew were found at their posts; aircrew in the hangar bays were located near partially dissasssembled aircraft; each of the vessel’s estimated 940 anti-aircraft batteries were manned, etc.
-The crew’s uniforms and insignia, with slight alterations, is consistent with uniforms and insignia worn by United States Navy personnel during the early to mid 1940’s.
-Although all personnel were wearing identifying dog tags (additional medical records were located in the vessel’s hospital), no record of any personnel aboard exist.
In accordance with 05-██ directives subsequent to the discovery of ██████████ aboard the vessel, crew remains are to be buried with military honors inside a subterranean vault installed as a memorial 500 meters from the vessel.
Inside a heavily guarded magazine in a restricted section deep within the ship, a quantity of five (5) gravity bombs were located. Recovered documentation reveals the bombs are classified as MK III ████. These munitions are superficially similar to the US Mark 4 [DATA REDACTED] in use in the early 1950’s, although the weaponization is radically different. The weapons were found unfused and removed from the vessel for extensive testing at Research Sector 15.
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Testing with the weapon at Research Sector 15 consisted of the bomb being fused, armed, and airdropped from Foundation aircraft at a ground target (a division-sized formation of surplus armored vehicles). The weapon was set to airburst 300 meters above the center of the formation. Upon detonation, an extremely bright flash was observed, along with the instantaneous ████████████ of a 1km sphere surrounding the target area. A perfect smooth crater was observed in place of the target area, sloping to a depth of 200 meters. Observational equipment monitoring the test observed that at the moment of detonation visible light and atmosphere within the blast perimeter also disappeared. Based on the test results, in conjunction with war planning materials recovered from SCP-XXX, it is the conclusion of Foundation research personnel that the MKIII functions as a weapon of mass destruction in SCP-XXX's timeline. Instead of deriving it’s destructive power from uncontrolled nuclear fission reactions, the MKIII operates on quantum entanglement to essentially create a [DATA REDACTED]italic text around the target. Simply put, it sends everything within a 1km sphere to another location; as is mentioned in recovered technical manuals, from “being there to elsewhere”.