Sri Lanka’s navy has recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people after an Iranian warship was sunk by a U.S. submarine in international waters near the island. U.S.

While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.

A U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast in the Indian Ocean, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed during a Wednesday morning press conference. Hegseth said the enemy ship “thought it was safe in international waters,

IRIS Dena was one of Iran's newest combat ships, and had 180 personnel on board when the submarine attacked. Reports of the Dena being in distress first

Submarine periscope footage released by the Department of War showed a torpedo striking beneath the stern of IRIS Dena, raising the vessel off the water. Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra said 80 Iranian sailors have died.

Ocean Exploration Trust’s E/V Nautilus crew recently shared visuals it captured during its exploration of the USS Bugara, a sunken submarine used in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War before its 1970 retirement, reports Fox News.