Lake Mead reveals sunken WWII-era boat as water levels plummet

A sunken boat dating back to World War II has emerged from Lake Mead amid declining water levels

A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins landing craft that has long been 185 feet below the surface is now nearly halfway out of the water at Lake Mead.

Higgins Industries in New Orleans built several thousand landing craft between 1942 and 1945, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Around 1,500"Higgins boats" were deployed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, known as D-Day. A sunken World War II-Era Higgins landing craft that used to be nearly 200 feet underwater is being revealed near the Lake Mead Marina as the waterline continues to lower on July 1, 2022, in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. As water levels drop at both Lake Mead and Lake Powell upstream on the Arizona-Utah line, states in the U.S. West increasingly face deeper cuts to their supply from the Colorado River.

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