The destroyer escort proved to be a vessel that filled the gap between patrol craft and the larger destroyer. Unquestionably, the crews of the âsmall boys of the fleet, and the navy yard workers, have left behind a proud legacy of service to their country.
A kilobecquerel (kBq) is a decimal multiple of the SI derived unit of radiation activity. The Bq is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one nucleus decays per second.
1 Becquerel (Bq): The unit of radioactive decay equal to one disintegration per second. 2  The Becquerel is the basic unit of radioactivity used in the international system of radiation units, referred to as the âSIâ units. 3  37 billion (3.7Ã10 10) becquerels = 1 curie (Ci).