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Navy Dolphins Discover Rare Torpedo in Training Exercise

Navy Dolphins Discover Rare Torpedo in Training Exercise

A sailor works with a bottlenose porpoise before a night training exercise at Point Loma, Calif. US Navy Photo

A sailor works with a bottlenose porpoise before a night training exercise at Point Loma, Calif. US Navy Photo

Two Navy dolphins discovered a more than hundred year-old relic of the service’s past buried in the muck off the coast of Southern California, Navy officals told USNI News on Monday.

On a routine training mission in March, Navy dolphins Ten and Spetz, “discovered an almost completely buried object that was quite rare, Chris Harris, operations supervisor for the Navy’s Marine Mammal Program, told USNI News. Read More