Gulf of Thailand Wreck May Be U.S. WWII Sub
The Navy says a wreck found at the bottom of the Gulf of Thailand appears to be the Lagarto, a United States submarine that disappeared in the final months of World War II on a mission to attack a Japanese convoy.
Navy divers completed a six-day survey of the wreckage site.
They took photos and video of the 312-foot submarine for analysis by naval archeologists.
Eighty-six sailors died when the Lagarto sank in May 1945.
The Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka reported dropping depth charges and sinking a U.S. sub in the area, though it was never known what craft it destroyed.
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