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The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Bomb Team recovered an unexploded World War II-era U.S. Navy practice bomb that washed ashore in the Parajo Dunes on New Year's Eve after a powerful Pacific storm sent huge waves crashing along the California coast. was recovered.
Images taken by the sheriff's office show an old, rusty bomb covered in sea debris on a sandy beach between Santa Cruz and Monterey that authorities have determined to be “inert munitions.” ”.
“As a precaution, the bomb squad responded, deemed it safe and removed it from the beach,” the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
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Travis Air Force Base personnel recovered the bomb from the Pajaro Dunes. (Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office)
The sheriff's office said the artifacts were later recovered by personnel at Travis Air Force Base, about 140 miles northeast of the coastal area where authorities found the bomb.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office for comment Tuesday but has not yet received a response.
Travis Air Force Base told FOX News Digital in an email that military personnel recovered the stranded weapon on Dec. 31.
“After a safe on-site visual inspection and X-ray scan, it was determined that the item did not contain any explosives and could be safely transported to Travis Air Force Base,” the spokesperson said. “This item was determined to be a World War II-era U.S. Navy training bomb, Model Mk 15, Mod 2. It is currently in Travis' custody.” [Explosive Ordnance Disposal] Continue to remain in place to prevent future concerns. ”
Unlike European and Asian countries that were bombed during World War II, war relics such as bombs, grenades, and mines rarely appear on U.S. shores.
War relics such as bombs, grenades, and mines rarely appear on U.S. shores. (Boris Rosler/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)
But such devices still pose an explosion risk, decades after defense groups scrapped the munitions, the report said. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In 2002, a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal detachment reportedly discovered an underwater field of discarded munitions off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.
In 2020, military personnel detonated two 100-pound World War II-era gravity bombs and removed other weapons in the channel between Lanikai Beach and Mokulua North on Oahu, according to the Associated Press.
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More than 400 underwater environments containing unexploded ordnance used as defense facilities have also been identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which led to the discovery of munitions on beaches from Hawaii to Maryland, the agency's Civil Engineering Division said. Announced. University of Delaware.
Congress passed the Marine Conservation, Research, and Conservation Act of 1972, which prohibited the disposal of munitions and other pollutants at sea. (AP Photo/Carolyn Custer)
Disposal of unexploded ordnance was an accepted international practice until 1970, when it was banned by the Department of Defense. Two years later, Congress passed the Marine Conservation, Research and Conservation Act, banning the ocean disposal of ammunition and other pollutants.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that exposure to munitions has resulted in death and serious injury, including numerous chemical exposures and health effects, some of which are associated with chemical weapons. He said there was.
