Divers Find Long-Lost WWI Vessel Wreckage
The discovery confirms the ship’s identity after a three-year search and adds new detail to one of the deadliest U.S. maritime losses.
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His service in World War I lasted only eleven months. USCGC Tampa was a Miami-class patrol vessel belonging to the U.S. Coast Guard until it was claimed by the Navy to escort convoys on the high seas, protecting them from German submarines on the route between Gibraltar and England.Continue reading...
Divers find long-lost WWI vessel wreckage
More than a century after one of the deadliest maritime losses in American military history, the wreckage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
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Winston-Salem JournalDivers find WWI vessel wreckage
More than a century after one of the deadliest maritime losses in American military history, the wreckage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
Divers find WWI vessel wreckage in Atlantic Ocean
More than a century after one of the deadliest maritime losses in American military history, the wreckage of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.
In Cornwall, United Kingdom, a British technical diving team located the remains of the Tampa. The identification was made by the Gasperados group after three years of work. The boat comprised a group of six units sent abroad in 1917 to protect convoys during World War I. Under the command of Captain Charles Satterlee, it completed 18 accompanying missions and received recognition for its performance. It was the only one of that contingent that …
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