Deputy Chief of the New Zealand Navy, Commodore Andrew Brown comments in Apia, Samoa, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, about the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AC Jese Somerville/New Zealand Defence Force via AP)
In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AC Jese Somerville/New Zealand Defence Force via AP)
Fishermen Taula Fagatuai, left, and Faalogo Afereti Taliulu talk on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, about the New Zealand navy ship HMNZS Manawanui that sank not far from them in the village of Siumu, Samoa. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
A young girl swims at the dock where fishing boats launch in the village of Siumu, Samoa, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Netina Malae stands in the shade at her Sima PJ Beach Fale resort in the village of Tafitoala, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Michael Malae paddles into shore after surfing at Sima PJ Beach Fale resort in the village of Tafitoala, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Fishermen from in the village of Siumu, Samoa, prepare to leave on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, to fish near the New Zealand navy ship HMNZS Manawanui thats sank not far from the village. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Netina Malae talks about how a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6, near her Sima PJ Beach Fale resort in the village of Tafitoala, Samoa, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Netina Malae walks past a hut at her Sima PJ Beach Fale resort in the village of Tafitoala, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
An excavator is used to drag a shipping container onto the beach in the village of Mulivai Safata, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
An excavator is used to drag a shipping container onto the beach, left, as another sits on a trailer in the village of Mulivai Safata, Samoa, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, near where a New Zealand navy ship ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)