HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Divers in Connecticut found a sunken submarine Sunday that was built over 100 years ago and sank in the Long Island Sound. The ...

The Defender, an early submarine rejected by the U.S. Navy, wasn't exactly an A-list object of desire for global shipwreck hunters, but it was for Richard Simon. Simon, 35, grew up diving along the ...

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (WTNH) — A maritime mystery dating back almost 80 years has now been solved. An experimental submarine sank in Long Island Sound in 1946. Now, some local divers say they have ...

The water was dark and cold, but more than 100 feet down in Long Island Sound, the divers could see about 10 yards around them at the gravelly sea floor. They connected a reel to the line that ran up ...

This photo, provided by Shoreline Diving Services, shows diver Steve Abbate inspecting a propeller, Sunday, April 16, 2023, of the 92-foot attack submarine Defender that was scuttled by the Army Corp ...

A group of divers believe they have discovered a historically significant submarine that has been lost for nearly 80 years. The Defender, the brainchild of submarine designer Simon Lake, was found at ...

Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound.The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found Sunday by a ...