I've been trying to find out the name of a short story, any help will be appreciated:
- Setting (I think) was World War II
- There was a gunboat in the latter part of the story
- The bomb is sentient, and can move around - it also looks like a rock.
- The bomb cannot see water, so it looks like boats are flying.
- It scans boats using radiation, trying to learn about them - which kills a bunch of the crew.
- In turn they fire on the 'rock' - which prompts it to remember its purpose.
- The story ends with the bomb saying something like "ah yes, that's what I was supposed to do" and detonating.
The story turns up in a bunch of anthologies, I just don't have them anymore to check - and google results are swamped by the World War II references.
Many thanks.
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