Wreckage of Submarine Found by Divers in Long Island Sound

Diver Steve Abbate inspecting a propeller on April 16, 2023, of the 92-foot attack submarine Defender that was scuttled by the Army Corp of Engineers in 1946. Joe Mazraani/Shoreline Diving Services via AP

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 boat, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Connecticut.