March 30, 2010, UPI.
A Toronto TV production company says it has located the wreck of the US submarine Flier which was sunk August 13, 1945.
The 1,525 ton Gato-class submarine was built in Groton, Connecticut and commissioned October 1943
Of the 86 aboard when it hit a mine, only 14 escaped. Of those, only 8 survived when they reached Palawan in the Philippines.
The ship was discovered by the father and son dive team of Mike and Warren W. Fletcher 330 feet deep. They star in the "Dive Detectives" series on The History Channel in Canada.
Always Good News When a Lost Ship is Found. --Cooter
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