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In the foreground is the capsized minelayler USS Oglala (CM-4), with the light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) further down the pier, at left. Beyond Helena is Drydock No.1, with USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and the burning destroyers USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Downes (DD-375).
USS Oglala (ID-1255/CM-4/ARG-1) was a minelayer in the United States Navy. Commissioned as Massachusetts , she was renamed Shawmut a month later, and in 1928, was renamed after the Oglala , a sub-tribe of the Lakota , residing in the Black Hills of South Dakota .
The first target of nuclear weapons, the Mark I atomic bomb. The target was the Aioi Bridge across the Ōta River ; it exploded several hundred yards off. Hiroshima was a city of 250,000, suffering 70,000 or so deaths immediately and up to 126,000 by the end of the year.
Oglala (minelayer): damaged by torpedo hit on Helena, capsized; returned to service (as engine-repair ship) February 1944. Vestal (repair ship): hit by two bombs, blast and fire from Arizona, beached; returned to service by August 1942. Curtiss (seaplane tender): hit by one bomb, one crashed Japanese aircraft; returned to service January 1942 ...
Suitcase bomb: Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s Thermometric bomb: Time bomb: Trinitrotoluene: Commonly known as TNT: 1863 Julius Wilbrand: Germany: Unguided bomb: MOAB: Massive Ordnance Air Burst. Colloquially known as the Mother of All Bombs. United States: FOAB: Father of All Bombs 2007 Russia: Electromagnetic bomb: 1962 ...
The resulting explosion released the equivalent energy of 21 ± 2 kt (87.9 ± 8.4 TJ). [139] Big Stink spotted the explosion from 160 kilometers (100 mi) away, and flew over to observe. [209] The bomb destroyed the Roman Catholic Urakami Tenshudo Church. Bockscar flew on to Okinawa, arriving with only sufficient fuel for a single approach ...
The retained area is the remainder of 341,726 acres (1,382.92 km 2) federally acquired in 1942 under eminent domain at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Oglala Sioux). [2] In addition to use by World War II aircraft, BBR was used for a post-war Army National Guard gunnery range and a Cold War Radar Bomb Scoring site.
Related: Iconic photos from WWII: Fat Man was the second nuclear weapon to be deployed in combat after the US dropped a 5-ton atomic bomb, called " Little Boy ," on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.