#Marine vehicle rests hundreds of feet below sea level, complicating rescue
“#Marine vehicle rests hundreds of feet below sea level, complicating rescue”
August 1, 2020 | 2:10pm
Marines ride on their Amphibious Assault Vehicle during a training exercise in the Philippines.
Bullit Marquez/AP
The tremendous depth makes it impossible for divers to investigate what caused the vessel, colloquially known as a “sea tank” to sink.
So far the accident has left at least one dead and eight missing. Marine Corps commandant Gen. David Berger has put a halt to all waterborne operations out of “an abundance of caution” until a cause for the accident could be established.
A total of 16 troops were on board the vehicle when it went down about half a mile from San Clemente Island, which is owned by the US Navy.
It remains unclear what caused the amphibious assault vehicle to sink. The sea tank had been returning to a US Navy ship along with a dozen others.
“It’s a very tragic situation,” said Lt. Gen. Joseph Osterman, the commanding general of the Marine Expeditionary Force, adding that he was praying for the families.
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