While in Hawaii.. (1 Viewer)

[MarkeytMaker]

I took a photo of this thing out our window? I have no idea!

 

[Mitch]

Of all the things one would expect out of the window in Hawai it would not have been high on the list to seea landing craft!!!!
Mitch

I took a photo of this thing out our window? I have no idea!

 

[MarkeytMaker]

Of all the things one would expect out of the window in Hawai it would not have been high on the list to seea landing craft!!!!
Mitch

Mitch...that's what I thought but wasn't sure. For all I knew it could have been a dump boat. I have included another angle looking out the room...it sat there the whole month!

 

[Go for Broke]

They use that landing craft to ferry supplies to Kahoolawe, an island that was once used as a bombing range. The beach that Markey is staying at was also a training area during WWII. Awhile back an old vet visited the area and said that his buddy crashed his plane in the ocean near that beach and he wanted to visit the area before he passed on. Nearby there's a drag strip that was an airport during WWII. It is rumored that after the war, they dug a big hole and buried alot of amtracks and other military equipment.

 

[Combat]

I read recently that there are large numbers of boats being abandoned by their owners because they can't afford them or the upkeep. It's becoming a problem with abandoned boats washing up along the coast or sitting at docks unattended.

 

[MarkeytMaker]

They use that landing craft to ferry supplies to Kahoolawe, an island that was once used as a bombing range. The beach that Markey is staying at was also a training area during WWII. Awhile back an old vet visited the area and said that his buddy crashed his plane in the ocean near that beach and he wanted to visit the area before he passed on. Nearby there's a drag strip that was an airport during WWII. It is rumored that after the war, they dug a big hole and buried alot of amtracks and other military equipment.

Speaking of the drag strip!

 

[Mitch]

Surely, if this site were true it would be in historians interests to have them dug up and preserved. If the rumour is true?
Mitch

 

[Peter Reuss]

They use that landing craft to ferry supplies to Kahoolawe, an island that was once used as a bombing range. The beach that Markey is staying at was also a training area during WWII. Awhile back an old vet visited the area and said that his buddy crashed his plane in the ocean near that beach and he wanted to visit the area before he passed on. Nearby there's a drag strip that was an airport during WWII. It is rumored that after the war, they dug a big hole and buried alot of amtracks and other military equipment.

Ufdah! That would be quite a hole!!!

 

[Go for Broke]

I'm not sure, I think they did find some amtracks, but were in poor condition. Although Maui was not a battlefield during WWII, they are lots of bunkers in the sugarcane fields, along the beaches and even in people's yards. Near our current airport, there's a whole network of bunkers in a swamp area. My mom said a Japanese submarine shelled Maui twice. The military was a huge presence during the war.

 

[Combat]

When they were looking for the last missing Japanese minisub used at Pearl Harbor, they found it among a number of WWII tanks and vehicles that were dumped in the water after the war. I guess they weren't too environmentally sensitive in those days.

 

[Go for Broke]

They just found a bunch of chemical shells off the coast of Oahu and said they're going to leave it there. I wonder what would happen when they start to corrode? I guess in those days it was, out of sight, out of mind.

 

[Terp152]

They just found a bunch of chemical shells off the coast of Oahu and said they're going to leave it there. I wonder what would happen when they start to corrode? I guess in those days it was, out of sight, out of mind.

There was a cache of mustard gas shells found buried next to the taxiway when I was stationed at Rhein Main AB, GE (Frankfurt Intl Airport). We used to taxi by and see the wind sock so the workers digging them up could run up wind in case of a leak/accident. They only worked at night, when the airfield was closed. They also routinely found unexploded ordnance whenever they would excavate to construct new buildings. German EOD would put the bombs in back of a truck and drive away.

 

[Martin Tabony]

When they were looking for the last missing Japanese minisub used at Pearl Harbor, they found it among a number of WWII tanks and vehicles that were dumped in the water after the war. I guess they weren't too environmentally sensitive in those days.

"Pearl harbour, mystery of the killer subs" was a documentary shown on Channel 4. It's still available on the 4OD player but I don't know if it's only avaiable in the U.K.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/...-killer-subs/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1

Martin

 

[Mitch]

I saw that and another doc about these sibs. For many years it was seen as untrue but, its an interesting part of the whole attack. Must have known they did not stand much chance.
Mitch

 

[lancer]

This has nothing to do with Hawaii, but falls into the UXB category mentioned. In the Spring Valley section of NW Wash. DC., many buried pieces of WW1 ordinance have been discovered and removed over a multi-year process. Mortar shells and gas shells have been numerous. Many have corroded to a harmless state but many have been found to be active. Evidently, what is now a rich enclave of single-family homes, used to be a testing ground during WW1. Unused ordinance was just buried and forgotten until several years ago when some shells were unearthed during a remodeling or utility digging, or whatever. The area of the testing grounds is still being discovered and the process of removing the old stuff goes on as it is found. Nice surprise for the home owners. -- Al

 

[Terp152]

This has nothing to do with Hawaii, but falls into the UXB category mentioned. In the Spring Valley section of NW Wash. DC., many buried pieces of WW1 ordinance have been discovered and removed over a multi-year process. Mortar shells and gas shells have been numerous. Many have corroded to a harmless state but many have been found to be active. Evidently, what is now a rich enclave of single-family homes, used to be a testing ground during WW1. Unused ordinance was just buried and forgotten until several years ago when some shells were unearthed during a remodeling or utility digging, or whatever. The area of the testing grounds is still being discovered and the process of removing the old stuff goes on as it is found. Nice surprise for the home owners. -- Al

Saw something on tv that the French constantly have EOD removing UXB from gardens, fields, etc. Some personnel are lost during these efforts. They'll never get it all.

 

[lancer]

Saw something on tv that the French constantly have EOD removing UXB from gardens, fields, etc. Some personnel are lost during these efforts. They'll never get it all.

Heck, most of the stuff the French are digging up is from the First World War. The heavily fought over fields where the trench lines hardly moved for 4 years saw thousands and thousands of duds bury themselves. Those UXB have been showing up every year since WW1 ended. Verdun still has whole sectors which cannot be entered because of the danger of the thousands of UXB's. Farmers, tourists, and UXB personal have been killed by this lost ordanance for years. What a legacy. -- Al

 

[bromhead]

I took a photo of this thing out our window? I have no idea!

Maybe the russians were coming