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In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), crew of the HMNZS Manawanui that sank in Samoa on Oct. 6, 2024, walk from their plane after landing at RNZAF Base Auckland, from Samoa, in Whenuapai, New Zealand, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), crew of the HMNZS Manawanui that sank in Samoa on Oct. 6, 2024, walk from their plane after landing at RNZAF Base Auckland, from Samoa, in Whenuapai, New Zealand, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

This image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), shows HMNZS Manawanui at the Three Kings islands off the coast New Zealand, on Dec. 1, 2023. (Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

This image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), shows HMNZS Manawanui at the Three Kings islands off the coast New Zealand, on Dec. 1, 2023. (Petty Officer Chris Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

Smoke rises from the sinking HMNZS Manawanui in Upolu, Samoa, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Dave Poole via AP)

Smoke rises from the sinking HMNZS Manawanui in Upolu, Samoa, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Dave Poole via AP)

In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon, Tuvalu, on Sept. 7, 2022. (PO Christopher Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)

In this image released by New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), HMNZS Manawanui arrives in Funafuti Lagoon, Tuvalu, on Sept. 7, 2022. (PO Christopher Weissenborn/NZDF via AP)