Divers find WWI Navy destroyer, the first to be sunk by enemy fire
WebAug 18, 2022 · Divers find WWI Navy destroyer, the first to be sunk by enemy fire. By Jonathan Lehrfeld. Aug 18, 2022. The destroyer Jacob Jones (DD-61) sinks off the Scilly Islands, England, on Dec. 6,...
Divers find wreckage of first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy fire
WebUpdated August 15, 2022 · 3 min read. 20. Divers find wreckage of first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy fire. Divers off the southwestern coast of England have reported finding a World War I...
Divers find wreckage of first US Navy destroyer sunk by enemy …
WebAug 14, 2022 · Divers off the coast of England believe they have found the wreckage of a U.S. destroyer that was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine during the height of hostilities in World War I. The U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command announced Friday that Darkstar, a group of expert divers from the UK, found wreckage belonging to …
Deep Sea Divers Hunt Down U.S. Navy Warship Wreck From 100 ... - Newsweek
WebAug 19, 2022 · News. Navy. U.S. Navy. Deep Sea Divers Hunt Down U.S. Navy Warship Wreck From 100 Years Ago. Published Aug 19, 2022 at 7:35 AM EDT Updated Aug 19, 2022 at 11:01 AM EDT. By Simona Kitanovska,...
Divers retrieve 80-pound brass bell from first U.S. Navy destroyer …
WebFebruary 21, 2024 / 12:23 PM EST / CBS News. An enormous bell once attached to a historic warship that was torpedoed during World War I has been recovered from the wreckage, about a year and a half...
Divers Discover First U.S. Destroyer Sunk by Enemy Fire in WWI
WebSep 2, 2022 · Divers have discovered the wreck of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jacob Jones. The ship, sunk in 1917 by an enemy submarine, was the first American destroyer lost in combat. The Navy has not...
British divers find bell from U.S. destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI
WebFeb 20, 2024 · By Michael E. Ruane Washington Post. The crew of the USS Jacob Jones spotted the German torpedo coming at them from 1,000 yards away. The American destroyer was steaming alone in the Atlantic, 25...
British divers solve 105-year-old mystery - The Independent
WebAug 15, 2022 · British divers find WW1 shipwreck which has been missing since 1917. British divers have finally discovered a US shipwreck from World War I that had been missing under the ocean since 1917. A...
British Divers Find Missing U.S. Navy Ship Wrecked in World War I
WebAug 17, 2022 · British Divers Find Missing U.S. Navy Ship Wrecked in World War I - The New York Times. By Reuters • August 17, 2022. The U.S.S. Jacob Jones, sunk by a German submarine in 1917, was the first...
Divers find wreckage of first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy fire
WebAug 15, 2022 · The USS Jacob Jones, which was hit by a torpedo on December 6, 1917 in the English Channel, holds the distinction of being the first U.S. Navy destroyer ever to be lost to enemy action, according...
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