Massachusetts governor asks US Navy to help retrieve bodies, evidence from sunken fishing vessel

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has asked the U.S. Navy to help with the investigation into the sinking of a fishing vessel earlier this year that left seven crew members dead, the Navy confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Healey and State Sen. Bruce Tarr sent a letter to the Secretary of the Navy this week asking for help retrieving a video recorder and a hard drive from the wreck of the Lily Jean in January, which lies more than 300 feet down in the Atlantic about 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, that could determine the cause of the sinking, WFXT-TV reported.

"The Office of the Secretary of the Navy is in receipt of the correspondence," a spokesperson from the Office of the Secretary of the Navy told Fox News Digital on Saturday. "A response is being prepared and will be transmitted directly to the Governor's office."

The governor also hopes to retrieve the remaining six bodies from the 72-foot boat, which sank on Jan. 30.

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