SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A team of researchers captured high-definition pictures of a sunken World War I-era U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of San Diego, over a century after it was lost at sea.

Birch Aquarium at Scripps is displaying the rare 11-foot oarfish found in Encinitas and explores the lore behind the creature once mistaken for sea monsters.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A team of researchers captured high-definition pictures of a sunken World War I-era U.S. Navy submarine off the coast of San Diego, over a century after it was lost at sea.

On Dec. 17, 1917, the U.S. submarine USS F-1 was lost at sea during a training accident off the coast of California, killing 19 crew members on board.