Final resting place of US Coast Guard cutter revealed 108 years after it was sunk in WWI
The final resting place of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, sunk by a German U-boat in 1918 during World War I, has been discovered 108 years later off the coast of Cornwall, UK. A British volunteer diving team located the wreck at a depth of 300 feet after a three-year search, with assistance from the US Coast Guard's historical records. The ship was lost with all 131 personnel on board, marking one of the Coast Guard's largest losses in history.
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World News Final resting place of US Coast Guard cutter revealed 108 years after it was sunk in WWI By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon Published April 30, 2026, 2:58 p.m. ET A British diving 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. The Coast Guard Cutter Tampa lay 300 feet under the surface about 50 miles off of Cornwall after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918, the maritime agency said in a press release this week. “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 Admiral Kevin Lunday said in a statement.
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