USS F-1 (SS-20) sinking (approximate)

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On 17 December 1917, while maneuvering in exercises off Point Loma, San Diego, California, F-1 and F-3 collided, the former sinking in ten seconds, her port side torn forward of the engine room.[2] Nineteen of her men were lost; the remaining five were rescued by the submarines with which she was operating.

An unlucky ship, previously in 1912 she grounded off of Watsonville in the Monterrey Bay area
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_F-1_(SS-20)
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Coordinates:   32°41'6"N   117°16'4"W
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