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May 21, 2019

Crews extract oil from leaking tanker sunk off NY in WWII

  • The Coimbra was carrying more than 2 million gallons of oil when it was torpedoed in 1942.

    • SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Work is underway to extract oil from a British tanker sunk by a German U-boat off Long Island during World War II.

    A team has been at the site of the tanker, named Coimbra, since April 29 and has pumped more than 62,000 gallons of oil since May 11, the Coast Guard said in a news release. Initial dive operations found the tanker was leaking small amounts of oil.


     
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