Navy explosive goes missing off San Diego

Navy explosive goes missing off San Diego
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 18, 2008 16:46:40 EST

SAN DIEGO — The Navy is searching for a demolition charge that disappeared during a training exercise 300 yards off the coast of San Diego.

The Third Fleet says it has been searching for the small explosive since it failed to detonate Thursday during an exercise for an ordnance disposal team.

The Navy says in a news release that after the time-delay charge failed to go off, divers followed a safety-mandated one-hour waiting period before approaching its location, only to discover it was missing.

Officials believe the explosive will wash ashore within the Navy’s Silver Strand Training Center.


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