A World War II-era boat was discovered in drought-stricken Shasta Lake in California, the U.S. Forest Service announced.
A photo posted by the U.S. Forest Service - Shasta-Trinity National Forest shows the rusted shell of a second world war Higgins boat known as the"Ghost Boat" on the bottom of Lake Shasta, in Redding, Calif.A World War II-era boat was discovered at drought-stricken Shasta Lake in California, the U.S. Forest Service announced.
The boat was also used as a headquarters for Gen. George S. Patton during the 1943 invasion of Sicily, the Forest Service said.Eisenhower also was on this ship at that time, and it went on to a further 6 D-Day invasions in the Pacific," it wrote on Facebook. How the Higgins boat sank remains unknown, but drought conditions in the western U.S. have led to other discoveries.
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