16NOV2018 - NEWS - U.S. Army and U.S. Navy are recovering oil from the capsized World War II German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen

The U.S. Army, in partnership with the U.S. Navy and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, are safely recovering oil from the capsized World War II German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Kwajalein Atoll. U.S. A U.S. Navy-led salvage team has successfully removed 229,000 gallons of oil from the sunken World War II vessel ex-Prinz Eugen located in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The project, led by the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), which is part of the Naval Sea Systems Command, and sponsored by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command /Army Forces Strategic Command. It was led by Stephanie Bocek of SUPSALV. The success of the oil removal comes after two years of intensive research and planning to prepare for the unprecedented removal of oil from up to 173 tanks from the from the World War II German heavy cruiser.

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