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Navy Bomb Disposal School

Former military installation in Washington, DC

38°56′13.56″N 77°5′12.84″W / 38.9371000°N 77.0869000°W / 38.9371000; -77.0869000TypeTraining installationSite informationOwnerNavy DepartmentOperatorU.S. NavySite historyIn use1942–1945Battles/warsWorld War II

The Navy Bomb Disposal School, was a World War II era U.S. naval training installation built on American University property in Washington, D.C.

Environmental impact

During World War II, American University allowed the U.S. Navy to use part of its campus for bomb disposal training.^[1] In 1993, a construction worker stumbled upon some of the buried munitions. This led to major cleanup efforts in the 1990s^[2] and 2000s (decade) on the site, which included a corner of the university and several neighboring residences.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Albright, Richard D. (2012). Cleanup of chemical and explosive munitions : locating, identifying contaminants, and planning for environmental remediation of land and sea military ranges and ordnance dumpsites (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier/William Andrew. pp. 137–240. ISBN 978-1-4377-3477-5. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
^ Gordon, Martin K.; Sude, Barry R.; Overbeck, Ruth Ann; Hendricks, Charles (1994). Final Report: A Brief History of the American University Experiment Station and U. S. Navy Bomb Disposal School, America University (PDF). U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved April 13, 2017.