00:02A piece of American history lost for more than a century is finally found.
00:07This is what's left of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tampa,
00:11discovered more than 300 feet below the Atlantic off the coast of England.
00:16Way back in 1918, during World War I, the ship was escorting convoys
00:20when a German submarine torpedoed it.
00:23The Tampa sank in less than three minutes.
00:25All 131 people on board were killed.
00:28The deadliest single loss for American forces at sea during that war.
00:32A volunteer diving team found the wreck after a three-year search,
00:36working with historians to confirm it was in fact the Tampa.
00:40For the Coast Guard, it closes a chapter that's been open for generations.
00:44Officials now say the site will be preserved as the final resting place for the crew.
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