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The USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine just a few days after delivering the components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Quite the near miss! Did the US have any contingencies for if the Indianapolis got attacked by a submarine *before* successfully delivering the components?

by /u/General_Urist in /r/AskHistorians

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