Lost submarine from early 1900s discovered in Long Island Sound by commercial divers.
Commercial divers led by Richard Simon of Shoreline Diving Services discovered the wreckage of the Defender, an early submarine rejected by the U.S. Navy, off Long Island Sound. The vessel was built by Simon Lake, the grandson of one of the founders of Atlantic City, and was repurposed for salvaging treasure from shipwrecks. The Defender was ultimately scuttled in 1946 and its last resting place was speculated to be off Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The recent discovery was made by a volunteer team of divers and inspired Simon to reach out to descendants of Lake.