Sub Lost Over a Century Ago Located Off the Coast of San Diego

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The USS F-1 submarine sank in seconds after it was badly damaged in a collision with another U.S. Navy submarine. Nineteen of its crew drowned in the accident, and three were rescued by the other sub.

The discovery, made by an expedition to the site earlier this year by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the U.S. Navy, was the first time the sub wreck had been located and surveyed since the sinking.

It now lies on the seafloor at a depth of more than 1,300 feet (400 meters). That’s too deep for human divers, so the wreck was surveyed by operators in the human-occupied underwater vehicle (HOV) Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry, which were based on the WHOI research ship Atlantis. More

1 Comment on Sub Lost Over a Century Ago Located Off the Coast of San Diego

  1. Sounds weird to say but the colors are pretty.

    Now. They may have found it earlier had there not been a crap ton of illegals crossing to the shore, getting in the way of business. lol.

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