From Sign On San Diego: How fast a submarine sinks in 600 feet of water
Dec. 17: In 1917, Submarine F-1 sank off the coast of Point Loma after colliding with another submarine during maneuvers by three U.S. subs that were training on the surface as fog set in. Death was supposed to be a continent away during World War I, but 19 sailors perished that day. The commander and four others on the bridge escaped, but the sub plummeted to the bottom of the sea in 10 seconds. No effort was ever made to raise the submarine because it sank to a depth of 600 feet. The submarine was found and filmed by a U.S. Navy oceanographic research ship looking for a plane that crashed in 1972.
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