‘We Found Her’: The USS Indianapolis Delivered Atomic Bomb Components — A Japanese Submarine Torpedoed Her Days Later

‘We Found Her’: The USS Indianapolis Delivered Atomic Bomb Components — A Japanese Submarine Torpedoed Her Days Later

The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis secretly delivered components of the atomic bomb “Little Boy” to the island of Tinian in July 1945 for the bombing of Hiroshima. The Japanese submarine I-58 spotted the cruiser in the Philippine Sea shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945. The I-58 fired torpedoes that struck the USS Indianapolis on her starboard side. The USS Indianapolis sank in about 12 minutes. Approximately 900 sailors were left …