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A piece of American history has emerged from the receding waters of Shasta Lake in Cali.
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:09 pm
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A piece of American history has emerged from the receding waters of Shasta Lake in California.
The U.S. Forest Service Shasta Trinity Unit said the Higgins Boat, known as “The Ghost Boat” from World War II surfaced in the lake as its water dried up.
The boat surfaced in the fall of 2021.
The Forest Service said the marked numbers ‘31-17’ confirms it is a boat assigned to the attack transport U.S.S Monrovia, which was General Patton’s headquarters during the invasion of Sicily.
General Dwight Eisenhower was also on the Monrovia during this time. The ship was reportedly used in the invasion of Tarawa.
The circumstances of the sinking of the “Ghost Boat” remain a mystery, the Forest Service said.
The boat will be removed from the lake, restored and displayed at a museum in Nebraska. Efforts to restore the boat will be done to preserve as much of the integrity of the boat as possible.
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Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:10 pm to GumboPot
California will be sure to find whomever is in charge and put a lien on their property for failed payment of personal property taxes.
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:13 pm to GumboPot
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“The Ghost Boat”
Do not go fricking with that boat.
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:14 pm to GumboPot
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The ship was reportedly used in the invasion of Tarawa.
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Shasta Lake in California.
Boy, they went WAY off course.
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:14 pm to GumboPot
I live in Redding, it’s a shame what that lake looks like so we can send water to SoCal
Posted on 10/11/22 at 2:30 pm to GumboPot
Yay Drought! 
Posted on 10/11/22 at 3:20 pm to GumboPot
I remember in 2011 when the Ms river got so low they found a civil war gunship off catfish point. Friend of mine got a piece of wood off of it and had it made into a coffee table
Posted on 10/11/22 at 4:26 pm to GumboPot
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The boat will be removed from the lake, restored and displayed at a museum in Nebraska.
WTH. This needs to be put in the WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Andrew Jackson Higgins
Posted on 10/11/22 at 4:30 pm to GumboPot
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The boat will be removed from the lake, restored and displayed at a museum in Nebraska.
Why not the National WW2 Museum in New Orleans? After all, the USS Monrovia was a Crescent City class attack transport ship.
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