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Divers find wreck of US’ largest naval loss of World War I
The find follows a three-year search and gives the Coast Guard a chance to study the wreck with robotics and autonomous systems.
- On Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced the British Gasperados Dive Team located the wreck of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa last weekend at 300 feet deep, approximately 50 miles off the coast of Cornwall, England.
- During World War I on September 26, 1918, a German submarine UB-41 fired a torpedo at the ship, causing it to sink in three minutes with all 131 crew members aboard, the largest naval loss for United States forces during the war.
- Aboard were 111 Coast Guardsmen, four Navy sailors, and 16 Britons, with eleven of the lost crew being Black, and the Coast Guard provided historical records including deck fittings and ship's bell to confirm the wreck's identity.
- Coast Guard commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday stated the discovery connects the service to the crew's sacrifice, noting that "devotion to duty endures," while dive team leader Steve Mortimer confirmed their final resting place is now known.
- The Coast Guard is developing plans to explore the wreck further using autonomous systems and robotics, following the dive team's three-year search that required ten target dives to locate the vessel.
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The Independent (US)US naval ship sunk during World War I found off UK coast
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The captain of the German submarine spotted the silhouette of his target against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the order to fire a single torpedo.
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Long-lost World War I shipwreck found after more than a century
The wreck of the USCGC Tampa has been found more than 100 years after it was sunk by a German submarine, killing 131 people. Here's how. (AP Photo)
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Divers find wreck of iconic U.S. ship torpedoed in WWI, killing 131
An iconic United States military ship that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I has been discovered by a diving team off the coast of Britain over a century after it was lost, officials revealed Wednesday. The sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa in 1918 in the Bristol Channel killed…
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