This Is What A Chevy Silverado Looks Like After Spending Nearly Two Years Under The Ocean

Two Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks have been pulled from the floor of the Pacific Ocean after being submerged for 22 months.

The two GM trucks were being imported to Australia from the United States on the YM Efficiency when the cargo boat was caught in a devastating storm. An investigation from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau found that heavy rolling placed excessive stresses on containers stowed aft of the ship’s accommodation.

This triggered the failure of containers and components of the lashing system, resulting in no less than 81 cargo containers falling overboard into the ocean roughly 15 miles (25 km) from the Australian city of Newcastle.

As reported by Foxnews, the operation to get the containers is being led by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the two Silverados were recovered earlier this week. They were due to be converted to right-hand drive and sold to customers for roughly AU$150,000 (US$95,000) a pop.

“Obviously having a free fall for 120-odd metres in the water and then landing on the bottom hasn’t left them in the best shape,” project manager for the AMSA Scott Wilson told the Newcastle Herald. “All the windows were down in them as well, so they were all full of water and are just rotting.”

Recovery operations have seen a host of other items collected from the ocean floor. For example, there were containers filled with tires, furniture, and cardboard. The AMSA will look to recycle as much of the goods as possible.

“We’ve got wood in one place, soft plastics, steel, rubber, copper, other metals. It’s all segregated on site and put in piles and bins to go to different waste providers,” Wilson said.

The operation is expected to recover no less than 62 containers by the end of April from a depth of between 328 feet to 492 feet (100-150 meters).