The vessel, which sank off the United States during the American Revolutionary War, is believed to be one of the most distinguished ships in naval history.
The HMS Endeavour was the very vessel aboard which Captain James Cook achieved the first recorded European contact with the east coast of Australia, Hawaii, and the first circumnavigation of New Zealand, according to media reports.
Cook commanded the ship between 1768 and 1771, when his famous voyage to map the uncharted waters of the South Pacific Ocean took place; for years the wreck's whereabouts have remained a mystery.
It was tracked by the Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project (RIMAP) which said that they found the wreckage at a site that included five other vessels and that is located off the state of Rhode Island in Newport Harbor.
"We know from its size, dimension and these records that the Sandwich was the Endeavour," RIMAP said, adding that they plan to launch a campaign to finance the construction of a storage facility for accommodating possible artifacts which might be found at the site.
