07-16-17, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
1945 First test detonation of an atomic bomb, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the US Manhattan Project.
1945 Cruiser Indianapolis leaves SF with atom bomb.
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How could this happen on the same day?
Two weeks later a Japanese submarine sank the USS Indianapolis ...
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Her sinking led to the greatest single loss of life at sea in the history of the U.S. Navy. On 30 July 1945, after a high-speed trip to deliver parts for Little Boy, the first atomic bomb used in combat, to the United States air base at Tinian, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 while on her way to the
Philippines, sinking in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)
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