170912-N-TH437-184 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2017)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2017) – U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Midshipman 1st Class Nolan Brandon (left) and Peter Barron (right), a laboratory technician at the University of Delaware, monitor the cables leading to a remotely operated vehicle as it dives on the wreck of the World War I-era armored cruiser USS San Diego (ACR 6), Sept. 12. Members from the Naval History and Heritage Command, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, the University of Delaware, the Office of Naval Intelligence, and a USNA midshipman started surveying the shipwreck to gain scientific insight, historical clarity, and in preparation for the 100th commemoration of the vessel’s sinking. San Diego was sunk off the coast of Long Island in 1918 by a German submarine. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Lockwood/Released)