Coast Guard postpones underwater assessment of World War II shipwreck site off Long Island
The Coast Guard has postponed a deep dive to assess a World War II shipwreck site off the coast of Long Island.
The Coast Guard has contracted with the Florida-based salvage company Resolve Marine to assess whether the British tanker Coimbra, sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Long Island during World War II, is leaking oil.
The underwater assessment originally was scheduled to take place June 19-27. It was postponed to July 15-23 due to logistical concerns, according to Lt. Alaina Fagan, public affairs officer for Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound.
The 423-foot-long Coimbra is broken into three parts, and is resting on its starboard side about 170 feet below the water roughly 30 miles southeast of Shinnecock, N.Y., off Long Island's south shore.
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