October 4, 2024 / 11:09 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento

SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is trying to buy a new boat worth more than a million dollars, but this is no luxury yacht.

The department estimates there are currently more than 100 sunken cars and boats on the bottom of the river, and this new tool will help bring them back up.

Sgt. Sam Flores with the Sacramento Sheriff’s Marine Unit said it’s a constant battle to clean up boats and vehicles dumped in the delta. They can see many of them using sonar.

“We do have a list of sunken vessels and sunken vehicles that grows pretty much every week,” Sgt. Flores said.

Now, Sacramento County is getting a grant to purchase a new dive boat that can respond to these types of incidents.

It’s a 38-foot catamaran that is being built by Moose Boats on Mare Island, and it’s a spot where the U.S. Navy once built submarines….