In 1917, two US submarines collided off the coast of San Diego and submarine USS F-1 sank to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, along with 19 crew members aboard. The horrible accident, whose ...

The submarine was initially named the Simon Lake XV, according to NavSource Naval History. It was built in the early 1900s by Simon Lake, a naval architect who wanted to win a competition for a U ...

But the submarine spent many years unused, docked in New London before eventually being abandoned on a mud flat near Old Saybrook. It was scuttled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1946, but ...

108-year-old submarine wreck seen in stunning detail in new footage. USS F-1's sinking was the Navy's first wartime submarine loss. By Margherita Bassi. Published May 30, 2025 10:10 AM EDT ...