The Development of the Atomic Bomb - The Indianapolis

Pass to parter on louis alvarez, who was on board one of the aircraft escorting the anola gay when the bomb was dropped. There were still bomb components on the us Main and that needed to be taken to tennian island. This included the firing mechanism and nuclear material for the bomb, code named 'little boy' The ship's crew had no idea they had just delivered necessary components for one of the two bombs credited with ending the war.