Las Vegas Sun

April 23, 2024

An inert MK 6 mine, which would be moored to the sea floor, sits in the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. This type of mine was used by the U.S. Navy starting in World War I and was in service through the 1970s.

Matt Hufman

An inert MK 6 mine, which would be moored to the sea floor, sits in the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. This type of mine was used by the U.S. Navy starting in World War I and was in service through the 1970s.