Today in History

February 5 , 1958

The Tybee Bomb is Lost

Somewhere off the coast of South Carolina on the bottom of a shallow channel, lies an 11-foot-long canister. Written on it, a serial number: "No. 47782." It is a fully functional hydrogen bomb, lost by the US Military fifty years ago.

On February 5, 1958, a B-47 bomber collided with a fighter plane during exercises. The bomber jettisoned its cargo: a 7,600 pound hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb. The Navy and Air Force began recovery efforts to no effect. The Tybee Bomb was buried somewhere in the silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound. It has never been recovered.

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