Early 20th Century submarine's wreckage found by divers in Long Island Sound: "Pure joy"

Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound.

The Defender, a 92-foot-long vessel, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Connecticut.

Simon said he's been interested in the story of the Defender for years. He spent months going over known sonar and underwater mapping surveys of the bottom of the sound, as well as government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, to identify any anomaly that fit the size of the sub.