{"id":22798,"date":"2018-08-28T23:55:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T23:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/28\/unexploded-device-floating-in-puget-sound-near-naval-base-kitsap\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:53:15","slug":"unexploded-device-floating-in-puget-sound-near-naval-base-kitsap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2018\/08\/28\/unexploded-device-floating-in-puget-sound-near-naval-base-kitsap\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexploded mine found floating near Naval Base Kitsap detonated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BROWNSVILLE, Wash. \u2014 The Coast Guard<\/a> and Navy bomb technicians have detonated what they said appeared to be an unidentified mine floating in Puget Sound between Brownsville Marina and Bainbridge Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kitsap Sun<\/a> reports a Coast Guard spokeswoman said the object was reported at about 2 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Navy says initial inspection of the moored mine showed it had decades of marine growth. At about 5 p.m., Navy divers secured a long line to the device and began towing it with a small boat. By 8:15 p.m., officials said it had been detonated without incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A pair of U.S. Navy divers attach a rope to a “reported unexploded ordnance” drifting in the water between Brownsville Marina and Bainbridge Island, off Brownsville, Wash., Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (Meegan M. Reid\/Kitsap Sun via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office asked residents along the waterfront to stay inside and away from beaches as a precaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos submitted by Kitsap Sun readers showed a round, rusted object with rods protruding from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brownsville is a few miles south of Naval Base Kitsap \u2014 Keyport<\/a>\u2019s torpedo testing range.<\/p>\n\n\n\t