Clam Harvesting Operation Nets 126 Grenades

New Bedford, Massachusetts Workers at the Fair Ride Shellfish processing plant came across some old unexploded grenades in a load of clams caught off the shores of Long Island. The workers called the police who responded with a Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad. Upon identifying the grenades as military ordnance, the bomb disposal team called a Navy EOD unit for technical assistance. EOD and the bomb disposal team searched the clam harvest and found a total of 126 grenades along with their wooden shipping crates.

The plant was evacuated while the bomb squad and the Navy EOD teamed placed the grenades in a dump truck filled with sand and transported them to a jetty where they were safely detonated. The grenades were identified as WWII era grenades (specific nomenclature or type not reported). The grenades were obviously from a former munitions sea disposal site.