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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Gabrielle Canon

Second world war ‘Ghost Boat’ emerges in California lake, puzzling officials

Rusted ruins of a boat on cracked land
The USS Monrovia, a second world war Higgins boat, emerged from the drought-stricken Lake Shasta. Photograph: Courtesy Shasta-Trinity National Forest

Waning water levels across the west – symptoms of the region’s record drought – have revealed yet another artifact.

Dubbed the “Ghost Boat” by officials, the decayed 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 last fall. Levels have sunk low enough this year to excavate the craft fully.

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