There Is A Naval Mine Floating In The Waters Near Kitsap Naval Base In Washington (Updated)

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[ameribbean expat]

There appears to be a contact-style naval mine floating in the waters near Bainbridge Island, Washington. This island is located directly across from Seattle and vessels have to navigate around either side of it to reach the sprawling Kitsap Naval Base. The base is home to one of the Navy's most important shipyards as it is capable of servicing even the largest supercarriers and is a major decommissioning site for retired nuclear powered vessels.

KGW.com reports that the mine was spotted near Brownsville Marina, which sits across the channel from the western side of the island. The Coast Guard has simply called the object 'potentially unexploded ordnance' and is patrolling a 1,500 meter perimeter around it. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers are said to have inspected the device, but we don't know yet what they discovered.

[ameribbean expat]

[Robert A Cook PE]

Unlikely to be a WWII mine - Not enough seaweed and growth on it.

Sunkenship ping!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Looks more like a cow’s inflated udder. Oh, it’s a real one. Never Mine!

[blackdog]

Sitting a little high in the water than typical?

[blackdog]

Looks like a Dalic from Dr Who.

[CJ Wolf]

Deep state Nuke mine. Run or swim away!

[AndrewB]

Isn’t that from an episode of Gilligan’s Island?

[JPJones]

Like Gilligan’s Island!

[blackdog]

So that is the much acclaimed but rarely seen “Flux Capacitor”!

[gaijin]

A single Iranian mine det kicked off Operation Praying Mantis, which occaisioned the destruction of something like 80% of Iran’s navy over the course of 3 days, I think.

[gaijin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Praying_Mantis

[Gator113]

The mine has now been detonated.

[waterhill]

That’s wild. Why don’t they just ‘smack’ it with something and see what happens? Like an old boat, torpedo, .308, etc.?

[PLMerite]

"Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers are said to have inspected the device, but we don't know yet what they discovered."

[Reno89519]

Wonder what the story is about this mine? If one, likely more? Doesn’t look too rusty if WWII era.

[DiogenesLamp]

Sitting a little high in the water than typical?

My first thought was that it is a fabricated joke by someone with a twisted sense of humor.

Yeah, i'd say it's riding higher in the water than I would have thought an actual mine would.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Yep

[9YearLurker]

What is going on up there!?!

[Big Red Badger]

Does it come with Ear Plugs?

[ameribbean expat]

Navy blew it up @ 11 Eastern time.