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BILL BARLOW For The Press CAPE MAY — With war looming on the horizon, and a new generation of German U-boats under construction, the United States military faced an urgent problem: how to sink a boat that’s already underwater? In August 1936, somewhere off the coast, the American military tested aerial bombardment on R-8, a Navy submarine that had recently been decommissioned. The bombers missed their target, but four near-misses with 100-pound bombs were enough to send th...

(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...

WWI-era submarine built in Massachusetts in 1918 found frozen in time on ocean floor by New Jersey dive team Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 A N.J. dive crew has found a pre-WWII-era submarine near Delmarva Peninsula. It is the SS-85, an R-8 class submarine built in 1918. Facebook Share A post-World War I-era submarine has been found on the ocean floor near the Delmarva Peninsula and appears to be fully intact and upright, a salvage rescue company said Thursday. The vessel is believ...

Submarine from after WWI found frozen in time on ocean floor by N.J. dive team Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 A N.J. dive crew has found a pre-WWII-era submarine near Delmarva Peninsula. It is the SS-85, an R-8 class submarine built in 1918. Facebook Share A post-World War I-era submarine has been found on the ocean floor near the Delmarva Peninsula and appears to be fully intact and upright, a salvage rescue company said Thursday. The vessel is believed to be a decommissioned U.S....