See a Lost U.S. Navy Submarine, Sunk During a World War I Test Run, in Digital Detail

See a Lost U.S. Navy Submarine, Sunk During a World War I Test Run, in Digital Detail

Researchers descended to the wreck in underwater vehicles to collect data for 3-D models

In the First World War, after an accident, a submarine of the US Navy off the coast of California sinks to the sea floor. Over the decades, the ship is forgotten - until a research team dives for the first time for wreck and captures amazing pictures there.

A piece of history of the U.S. Navy, which remained hidden for more than a hundred years in the depths of the Pacific Ocean, has finally been found. The wreck of the USS F-1 submarine sunk on December 17, 1917 during the First World War, was located off the coast of San Diego, California, lying practically intact on the right flank at about 400 meters deep. The discovery, which sheds new light on a tragic story, is the result of the collaboratio…

Deep-sea technology captures images of WWI submarine, 100 years after it sank near San Diego

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A team of researchers captured high-definition pictures of a sunken World War I-era U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of San Diego, over a century after it was lost at sea. The USS F-1 was involved in a training accident eight days before Christmas Day in 1917, which killed all 19 crew members on board. Three La Jolla homes designated ‘historic’ by San Diego board With the help of advanced deep-sea imaging technol…

At 400 m depth off California, researchers discovered the wreck of the 1917 sunken USS F-1 and documented it with state-of-the-art technology. The article Spectacular: U-boat wreck discovered in 1917 at 400 m depth first appeared on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.

It has been lying untouched on the ocean floor since 1917!