Tampa's WWI Wreck Found: Honoring Lost Lives

0:00Divers have located the wreck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa off the United Kingdom Coast. This war war won Vessel Sank in 1918 after a German submarine torpedoed it in the Bristol Channel. It went down in just three minutes, claiming all 131 lives aboard, from Coast Guardsman to Navy personnel and British civilians. Before the war, Tampa called the Florida City of Tampa home. It's been most of its time patrolling regattas, marine festivals, and even starred in the Gasparilla Parade, a tradition still going strong over A, century later. When conflict erupted though, it shipped out to hunt enemy subs in the North Atlantic. That disaster stands as the single largest loss of American naval lives in World War I. That total wipeout left deep scars on the service, a grief that echoed through generations of sailors. A British volunteer dive team, the Gasparados, tracked the site after three years of searching. Coast Guard historians backed them with old records, deck photos, and details on the ship's

1:01bell and weapons to verify it was the real deal. This discovery links us straight to their ultimate sacrifice, honoring the courage that defined the Coast Guard from day one and fuels its mission. Even now, that's the story for today. Tampa Bay News Today, Driven by AI.