During that time, she dropped 13 depth bombs and subsequently set a course to keep the enemy from making further attacks on the convoy.
They land near a test rig where a test nuclear depth bomb is set up.
An Avenger, armed with depth bombs, was catapulted at 1209.
There were depth bombs, too, but it was doubtful that the freighter would have a chance to use them.
Hull, rushing to the scene, soon dropped three depth bombs.
Several hundred older nuclear depth bombs for Navy anti-submarine planes will also be eliminated.
I didn't want any of them where somebody could try a depth bomb.
"Otherwise, they may try to set off depth bombs."
It also helped develop an effective depth bomb with shallow fuse settings for about 25 feet.
This depth bomb became standard in early 1943.