Divers may have found US submarine lost in WWII


Piece of history: This 1941 photo released by US Navy showing USS Grenadier off Portsmouth. It sank on its sixth patrol mission to the Strait of Malacca and north into the Andaman Sea in April 1943. — AP

Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of a United States Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in South-East Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known tale from World War II.

The divers have sent photos and other evidence from six dives they made from October 2019 to March this year to the US Naval History and Heritage Command for verification that they have found the USS Grenadier, one of 52 American submarines lost during the conflict.

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