Further Posted August 28, 2018 Share #1 Posted August 28, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 28, 2018 Share #2 Posted August 28, 2018 Get the Coast Guard or Navy out there and shoot it with something big. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted August 29, 2018 It was pretty close to shore & houses, they had a rope around it, I assume they are going to tow it out to sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted August 29, 2018 Share #4 Posted August 29, 2018 Slap a little C4 on it and let the fireworks start ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page Turner Posted August 29, 2018 Share #5 Posted August 29, 2018 ...reminds me of one of those Japanese survivors they would find on remote Pacific islands for many years after the war ended. Quote Shōichi Yokoi (横井 庄一 Yokoi Shōichi, March 31, 1915 – September 22, 1997) was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War. He was among the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945, discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almost 28 years after U.S. forces had regained control of the island in 1944. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichi_Yokoi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #6 Posted August 29, 2018 Perhaps Zephyr would care to comment on the skill and nerve demonstrated? This is the point where I stop telling Coast Guard jokes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted August 29, 2018 My first question was, is it really old, or is it a trojan horse with new evil in an old bottle. Blow the damn thing up and release a half ton of anthrax or some other toxic shit. I questioned the lack of barnacles & such, but one of the comments mentioned the storm in Hawaii, it may have been buried in the sand and set free by the storm. Hope it is old stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #8 Posted August 29, 2018 Well it’ snot mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #9 Posted August 29, 2018 I think Chief Sealth got pissed off and unloaded it from his grave. It's on the east side of Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #10 Posted August 29, 2018 Please note Keyport is a Naval base. Now I'm beginning to think some yahoo failed to do his job. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unexploded-mine-floating-in-puget-sound-near-bainbridge-island/281-588493659 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #11 Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Further said: My first question was, is it really old, or is it a trojan horse with new evil in an old bottle. Blow the damn thing up and release a half ton of anthrax or some other toxic shit. I questioned the lack of barnacles & such, but one of the comments mentioned the storm in Hawaii, it may have been buried in the sand and set free by the storm. Hope it is old stock. Look again at the 1 hour mark of the video. When the mine is viewed from the sunlight side it has barnacles and rust. When it's viewed from the shadow side it appears dark and smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 29, 2018 Share #12 Posted August 29, 2018 They found Soviet buoys in Florida last after the hurricanes pounded Cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #13 Posted August 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Further said: What would have been exciting is if an oiler tanker would have skirted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #14 Posted August 29, 2018 They blew it up! They still don't know where the hell it came from. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/08/28/unexploded-device-floating-in-puget-sound-near-naval-base-kitsap/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #15 Posted August 29, 2018 It wasn't mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #16 Posted August 29, 2018 Ya, no; I would NOT want to be those divers. Glad it went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 29, 2018 Share #17 Posted August 29, 2018 5 hours ago, smudge said: Ya, no; I would NOT want to be those divers. Glad it went well. That was my thinking. Why would you want to volunteer for pulling a mine out to sea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #18 Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 6:38 PM, Dottles said: Please note Keyport is a Naval base. Now I'm beginning to think some yahoo failed to do his job. https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/unexploded-mine-floating-in-puget-sound-near-bainbridge-island/281-588493659 Looks like I was right. It came out of Keyport Naval base. https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/08/30/mysterious-mine-leftover-2005-navy-training-exercise/1145471002/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted August 31, 2018 Share #19 Posted August 31, 2018 A couple years ago we were doing a course on marine explosives and had some law enforcement guys up from California for a couple weeks. They actually drove back and had one of those sea mines that had been rendered inert sitting on the back seat of their truck when they went across the border. Border security looked at it, had no idea they were LEO's and let them through, not knowing what they were looking at. They forgot it was there until they were in line at the booth. I wonder if they would get through today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #20 Posted August 31, 2018 Only after paying the tariff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #21 Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, Dottles said: Looks like I was right. It came out of Keyport Naval base. https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/08/30/mysterious-mine-leftover-2005-navy-training-exercise/1145471002/ So it was dangerous looking but inert and empty inside? Sounds a lot like @Kzoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 31, 2018 Share #22 Posted August 31, 2018 1 hour ago, jsharr said: So it was dangerous looking but inert and empty inside? Sounds a lot like @Kzoo I heard that. NOMINATED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #23 Posted August 31, 2018 11 minutes ago, Kzoo said: NOMINATED!!!! fify you are welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 31, 2018 Share #24 Posted August 31, 2018 14 minutes ago, Kzoo said: I heard that. NOMINATED!!!! How'd you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #25 Posted August 31, 2018 8 minutes ago, Kzoo said: How'd you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 31, 2018 Share #26 Posted August 31, 2018 ^^^ Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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