Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is a massive body of water dividing the Americas from Europe and Africa. The ocean is seen in the Commonwealth, Point Lookout and the coastal areas of Atlantic City.
==Background==
The waters around Atlantic City are horribly irradiated, enough to burn and disintegrate unprotected humans in seconds.Vault 76 dweller: "Is the ocean safe to swim in?"Veracio Cruz: "The innocent tourist gazes upon an old postcard. Vacationers frolicking in the waves beneath the summer sun, blissful smiles on their unmarred faces. For a moment, the tourist is transported to a visage of the old world. They doff their apparel and frolic, as their privileged predecessors did. The water produces a warm sensation. In their gleefulness, the tourist believes it is the shine of the sun. But the clouds overhead cast a shadow. The warmth begins to burn. Skin peels, organs rupture, bone cracks and crumbles! All within seconds of this optimistic charade! Who now would believe this world is the same? This city rose tints their weary eyes! And they accept it willingly!"(Veracio Cruz's dialogue) The reason for this is not known, but one of the theories includes a pre-War bomber jettisoning two nuclear bombs when it suffered an engine failure, whose casings deteriorated over time and the nuclear material within started to leech into the waters, poisoning them.Vault 76 dweller: "Why is the water so irradiated?"Veracio Cruz: "They say it was not our enemies that irradiated these waters, but ourselves. That a transport aircraft suffered an engine failure, and was forced to jettison its precious cargo into the waiting depths off this very coast. Perhaps the pressure created a leak, poisoning this water over the course of decades… Or perhaps the myth never happened at all, and the truth of this lethal ocean remains buried. The mystery entices, does it not?"(Veracio Cruz's dialogue)
==Notable locations==
===Point Lookout===
* A buried T-rex skeleton can be found southeast of the Coastal grotto.
* The wreck of the USS Ozymandias can be found east of the Ritual site.
* The wreck of the SSN-37-1A, a Chinese stealth submarine, can be found southwest of Calvert Mansion.
===The Commonwealth===
* The Yangtze is located in the water just south of Boston Airport and northeast of the Four Leaf fishpacking plant.
* There is an upside-down ship with a lot of cat pictures and the word "Meow" scratched in the middle.
* Libertalia is a raider fortress made from and in the remains of pre-War shipwrecks, much of which floats in the water north of Fort Strong and just south of Nahant Wharf.
===Atlantic City===
* Atlantic City Boardwalk, with the Showman's Pier and Aquarium of the Atlantic built on the floor of the Atlantic City bay.
==Notes==
In the Commonwealth, the murky filter will lift upon going deep enough; although this is most likely a bug or oversight, as it only occurs while facing down.
==Appearances==
The Atlantic Ocean appears in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout, Fallout 4, and its add-on Far Harbor, and the Fallout 76 update Expeditions: Atlantic City.
==Behind the scenes==
The nuclear weapons incident referred to by Veracio Cruz when asked about the ocean's radioactivity parallels an incident on July 28, 1957, in which a C-124 Globemaster was forced to jettison two of its three nuclear weapons to protect its crew. The weapons were never recovered.DOD Mishaps
==See also==
* Vault 120
==References==
Non-game
Category:Point Lookout unmarked locations
Category:Fallout 4 unmarked locations
Category:Far Harbor unmarked locations
Category:Boardwalk Paradise locations
Category:Oceans
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