DSP News Release:  Military Ordnance Located at Cape Henlopen State Park

Location: 

• Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes, Delaware

Date of Occurrence:  

• Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

Resume: 

Lewes- On Saturday, April 2, 2011 at approximately 4:00 p.m. the Delaware State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit responded to Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes, to recover World War II era military ordnance that was located by a subject utilizing a metal detector in area of the sand dunes. The subject notified Cape Henlopen State Park Rangers of the discovery.

Rangers located the ordnance and secured the area until Delaware State Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit and Dover Air Force Base Explosives Ordnance Disposal Unit could arrive.

Upon arrival the ordnance was identified as a 3.5” self propelled practice rocket, dummy round with the rocket motor still attached that posed a potential hazard.

 At approximately 9:30 p.m. the DSP/EOD and DAFB/EOD took custody of the ordnance and transported to secure location between Georgetown and Millsboro for further analysis and then rendered safe by detonation.

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