World War II: delivery of atomic bomb parts and sinking.
... World War II and delivered components of the atomic bomb that was
Lost to the depths of the Pacific Ocean 72 years ago after being sunk by Japanese torpedoes, the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis — the ship ...
Arriving at Pearl Harbor on 19 July, she raced on unaccompanied, delivering the atomic bomb components to Tinian on 26 July. Indianapolis was then sent to ...
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan,
... to deliver parts for the atomic bomb which was later used on Hiroshima.
... that delivered the components of the Little Boy atomic bomb to Tinian
This was the 10,000-ton cruiser that delivered secret components for the atomic bomb to be used against Japan, only to be sunk by Japanese ...
They all waited for the official command to abandon ship.
The ship was armed with nine eight-inch guns (two of which are seen below in