The symptoms of the region's record dry spell have revealed another artifact.
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The carcass of a second world war Higgins boat, used to transport troops into battle and on to beaches overseas, began to emerge from the shallows in Lake Shasta. The craft has been fully excavated this year due to low levels.
It is not certain how it ended up in California's largest lake.
Photos of the historic find perched atop dried cracked earth of the desiccated lakebed were posted on the US Forest Service's Facebook page on Sunday. The numbers painted on the boat's ramp show that it was once assigned to the Attack Transport, which was used in the Sicilian occupation.
It went on to a further six D-Day invasions in the Pacific and was used in the invasion of Tarawa. The ship was sold for scrap in 1969 after it was classified as an attack transport in 1943.
This boat appeared in low water of Shasta Lake. It is marked '31-17' confirming it as a boat assigned to the Attack Transport USS Monrovia. This ship was Patton's HQ during the invasion of Sicily. The circumstance of its sinking remains a mystery. pic.twitter.com/y7foKWbExt
— Shasta-Trinity NF (@ShastaTrinityNF) October 9, 2022
It's not clear how the little boat went from the battles of Europe to the bottom of Lake Shasta. It is on its way to a museum in Nebraska where it will be preserved and restored before it is put on display.
There are a lot of strange finds pulled from the muck in the west. Three sets of human remains and a boat linked to the second world war have been found in the largest lake in the United States.
The climate crisis is expected to put more pressure on the water resources in the future. Researchers are concerned that there is little chance for a rainy season strong enough to make up for the long periods of dry weather in the west.
The mud may reveal more mysteries. Officials are trying to figure out what happened to the Lake Shasta Ghost Boat.
They said there was more to know about its history and time on the lake. It emerged from the lake with a lot of stories to tell.
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