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Final resting place of US Coast Guard cutter revealed 108 years after it was sunk in WWI

Nypost · · 363 words · By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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Final resting place of US Coast Guard cutter revealed 108 years after it was sunk in WWI A British dive team has found the submerged wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship that was torpedoed off the UK coast during World War I, killing all 131 people on board,…

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Final resting place of US Coast Guard cutter revealed 108 years after it was sunk in WWI A British dive team has found the submerged wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship that was torpedoed off the UK coast during World War I, killing all 131 people on board,…

Why it matters

The Coast Guard cutter Tampa lay 300 feet under the surface about 50 miles off Cornwall after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918, the maritime agency said in a press release this week.

Common ground

“Since 1790, the Coast Guard has defended our nation during every armed conflict in American history, a legacy reflected in the courage and sacrifice of the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tampa,” guard commander Adm.

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Claim 1: “A British dive team has found the submerged wreckage of a US Coast Guard ship that was torpedoed off the UK coast during World War I, killing all 131 people on board, officials said.”
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Multiple web search results report that a British dive team found the wreckage of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, torpedoed off the UK coast during WWI, resulting in 131 deaths. This is reported by multiple independent web sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A border guard of a country is a national security agency that ensures border security. Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard (as in Germany, Italy or Ukraine) and rescue…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_guard
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — His Majesty's Coastguard (HM Coastguard or HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Coastguard
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Claim 2: “The British all-volunteer dive team Gasperados first contacted the Guard in 2023, when it launched an extensive search for the wreckage of the doomed ship — with the remains found after three years.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the British dive team Gasperados contacted the Coast Guard in 2023 to begin the search, and that the discovery was the result of a multi-year effort, confirming the timeline and key players.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa_(1912)
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2023, the Gasperados Dive Team contacted the Coast Guard about searching for the Tampa, and the military agreed to provide the all-volunteer team with information to help locate the wreck site ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shipwreck-tampa-world-wari-us-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The discovery is the result of three years of collaboration between the Coast Guard Historian's Office and a group of British divers known as the Gasperados Dive Team. The divers initially contacted t…
https://britbrief.co.uk/politics/scandals/british-divers-fin…
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Claim 3: “The Coast Guard cutter Tampa lay 300 feet under the surface about 50 miles off Cornwall after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918, the maritime agency said in a press release this week.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Coast Guard cutter Tampa was torpedoed by a German U-boat and was located 300 feet under the surface, approximately 50 miles off Cornwall. This detail is consistently reported across multiple independent web sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa has been the name of four cutters of the United States Revenue Cutter Service and United States Coast Guard: USCGC Tampa (1912), served as cutter USRC Miami in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa_(1912)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USS Tampa may refer to one of these ships of the U.S. Navy: USS Tampa (1912), formerly the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service cutter USRC Miami (1912–1915), as U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Miami (1915–1916…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tampa
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Claim 4: “The Tampa, built in 1912, was struck by a torpedo and sunk on Sept. 26, 1918, taking 111 Coast Guard members, 16 British Navy personnel and civilians, and four US Navy staffers down with it.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate the key details: the ship was built in 1912, sunk in 1918, and the reported casualty count (111 Coast Guard members, 4 US Navy personnel, and 16 British personnel/civilians) is consistently mentioned across different sources, though the exact breakdown varies slightly, the core facts are corroborated.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sentinel-class cutter, also known as the Fast Response Cutter or FRC due to its program name, is part of the United States Coast Guard's Deepwater program. At 154 feet (46.8 m), it is similar to, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-class_cutter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa_(1912)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa (WMEC-902) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was commissioned 16 March 1984. Her motto, "Thy way is the sea, thy path in the great waters", matches the inscriptio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa_(WMEC-902)
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Claim 5: “The steam-driven cutter was part of a wartime convoy but peeled off to resupply in Wales after running low on coal — four hours before it was spotted by a German UB-91 and sunk with everyone on board, according to a 48-page Coast Guard history of the tragedy titled “Remember The Tampa.””
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Multiple web search results corroborate that the steam-driven cutter was part of a wartime convoy, peeled off to resupply in Wales, and was later spotted by a German U-boat (UB-91) and sunk. The specific details regarding the timing and the German submarine type are consistent across the web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SM UB-91 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat in the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 11 April 1918 a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_UB-91
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — USCGC Tampa (ex-Miami) was a Miami-class cutter that initially served in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, followed by service in the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy. Tampa was used extensively on t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Tampa_(1912)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Navy operations during World War I began on April 6, 1917, after the formal declaration of war on the German Empire. The United States Navy focused on countering enemy U-boats in the Atl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_operations_…
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