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Finding the R-8 A major upgrade to side-scan sonar helps the crew of Tenacious locate a sunken World War I submarine in Northeast waters Author: Feb 5, 2021 The 186-foot-long R-8 is believed to be the last missing American sub in diveable North Atlantic waters Navsource Joseph St. Amand, sitting across from the helm aboard the 45-foot Tenacious, was the first to see the seafloor change. The images flashed on his sonar monitor for a total of 30, 40, maybe 50 seconds. He couldn’t be sure what...

Dive vessel discovers submarine off the coast of Maryland, Virginia By FOX 5 DC Digital Team Published  A submarine believed to be R-8 discovered off the Delmarva Peninsula. (Photo: AWS) The company, Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS), says the vessel has yet to be dived and visually identified, but based on side scan sonar data, the location and the historical record, the team firmly believes it to be the wreckage of the R-8 (S.S. 85), an American submarine dispatched by experimental aerial bomb...

(Dec. 11, 2020) Eureka! — a team of shipwreck hunters have discovered a submarine in coastal waters and believe it to be the World War I era R-8 submarine. “I think discovering any shipwreck is very exciting,” spokesperson Jennifer Sellitti told Ocean City Today. “This is what our team does, [and] discovering a submarine so rare is particularly exciting and we can tell by the sonar images that it is in very good shape.” According to the press release, New Jersey-based c...

Today Partly cloudy skies this morning will give way to occasional showers during the afternoon. High around 60F. Winds SW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40%.. Tonight Periods of rain. Low around 50F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Updated: April 14, 2021 @ 3:18 am

The R-8 was used in 1936 as a target in aerial bomb testing off the coast of Delmarva. Submitted Photo OCEAN CITY — A World War I-era submarine sent to the bottom of the sea in a bombing training mission in the 1930s was recently located on the ocean floor of the coast of Ocean City. Atlantic Wreck Salvage (AWS) and the crew of researchers on the D/V Tenacious on Thursday announced the discovery of the submarine known simply as R-8 off the coast of Ocean City. The vessel has yet to be dived a...