US EditionWreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England
The all-volunteer Gasperados Dive Team used three years of research and 10 dive trips to confirm the wreck, officials said.
- 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 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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World War I shipwreck found at sea more than 100 years later
A piece of American history that has been lost for more than a century has finally been found. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tampa was discovered more than 300 feet below the surface of the Atlantic, off the coast of England. U.S. Coast Guard History of the ship Back in 1918, during World War I, the ship was escorting convoys when it was torpedoed by a German submarine. It sank in less than three minutes. All 131 people on board were killed, maki…
Tampa ship wrecks from the American Coast Guard were found by volunteer divers on the last Sunday (26) near the coast of England. The ship sank in 1918 and is considered the largest naval loss in the United States in World War I. The Coast Guard announced the discovery on the last Wednesday (29). The ship's ruins are more than 95 meters deep and 80 kilometers from Newquay in Cornwall.
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Wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship lost during WWI has been found off the coast of England
The wreckage of a U.S. Coast Guard ship lost in a deadly attack more than a century ago, during World War I, was been discovered off the coast of England. The Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the USCGC Tampa was…
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