In July 1945, Indianapolis completed a top-secret high-speed trip to deliver uranium and other components for "Little Boy", the first nuclear weapon used in combat, to the Tinian Naval Base, and subsequently departed for the Philippines on training duty.

Little Boy was a type of atomic bomb created by the United States as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II.

Aug 6, 2020 · Two American atomic bombs ended World War II in August 1945, and the devastation will be forever remembered. In an instant when the first bomb was dropped, tens of thousands of residents of Hiroshima, Japan were killed by “Little Boy,” the code name for the first atomic bomb used in warfare in world history. Hiroshima after atomic bombing ...

Jun 3, 2016 · The USS Indianapolis (hull classification symbol CA-35) was a US Navy cruiser that delivered the components of the Little Boy atomic bomb to Tinian Island. It was later sunk by a Japanese submarine in what became the worst naval disaster in US history.

1945, Captain Charles McVay learned that his ship, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35), a veteran of numerous Pacific campaigns, would make a delivery. The heavy cruiser was chosen to deliver components for the atomic bomb “Little Boy” from San Francisco to Tinian.

Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6. Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9. On August 15 the sinking of the Indianapolis was reported by the United States, and the emperor of Japan announced his country’s surrender.

Four hours after the Trinity Test the USS Indianapolis set off from San Francisco towards Tinian. The USS Indianapolis was carrying components of the Little Boy bomb. These pieces were delivered July 26th, and the USS Indianapolis was sunk a few days later by a …

Oct 25, 2024 · On July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis set sail from the San Francisco Bay, carrying the uranium core of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. The ship was part of a convoy of three vessels, including the USS USS Boise (CL-47) and the USS USS Maddox (DD-731).

Feb 1, 2002 · Within a day of his departure, components for the atomic bomb Little Boy were loaded onto Indianapolis, and she departed with her top-secret cargo the morning of 16 July. Amid the chaos of the...

Shortly before her sinking, she had delivered a mysterious cargo—unknown to all but a few on board—to Tinian Island. It turned out to be some of the components of the atomic bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy,” that the world would learn of on 6 August 1945 when it exploded over Hiroshima, Japan.