{"id":35785,"date":"2020-05-01T01:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T01:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/05\/01\/us-navy-detonates-unexploded-wwii-era-ordnance-off-hawaii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:36:53","slug":"us-navy-detonates-unexploded-wwii-era-ordnance-off-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/05\/01\/us-navy-detonates-unexploded-wwii-era-ordnance-off-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy detonates unexploded WWII-era ordnance off Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HONOLULU \u2014 U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians have detonated two World War II-era bombs and removed other ordnance in waters off a Hawaiian island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy carried out the controlled explosions Monday in a well-traveled channel between Lanikai Beach and Mokulua North on Oahu, an area also known as Mokunui Islet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2020\/04\/27\/hawaii-news\/navy-detonates-unexploded-wwii-ordnance-off-mokulua-island\/\" target=_blank>The Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A snorkeler reportedly discovered the munitions and contacted the U.S. Coast Guard, which alerted the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ordnance included two 100-pound (45-kilogram) gravity bombs with fuses that were detonated where they were found because it was potentially dangerous to move them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1322\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Lanikai Beach UXO Removal\" class=\"wp-image-69903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg?resize=768,508 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,677 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6191701.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1015 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unexploded ordnance is destroyed during a controlled detonation off Lanikai Beach by sailors assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 (MDSU 1) Detachment EOD in Kailua, Hawaii, on April 27, 2020. (MC2 Charles Oki\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About eight other bombs or ordnance without fuses were moved in an inflatable boat to Bellows Air Force Station ahead of transportation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/15\/update-trio-with-mortar-round-at-pearl-harbor-released\/\" target=_blank>Pearl Harbor<\/a> or the U.S. Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/04\/23\/army-program-helps-save-3-native-hawaiian-plant-species\/\" target=_blank>Schofield Barracks<\/a> for demolition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials are not sure how the munitions got to where they were found but said they may have been dropped during wartime exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unexploded ordnance from training exercises before and after the United States entered World War II in December 1941 is routinely discovered in waters off Oahu and on land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the offshore islets are state wildlife sanctuaries. 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