26th of September marked the 100th anniversary of the loss of the US warship ‘Tampa’ during World War I. The death toll from the loss of Tampa is the largest American naval loss of life during World War I.
USS Tampa was one of six US Coast Guard cutters serving overseas on convoy duty during the war. Also serving were the cutters ‘Seneca’, ‘Ossipee’, ‘Alconquin’, ‘Manning’ and ‘Yamacraw’. During TAMPA’s service in a foreign combat zone, she successfully escorted 18 convoys between Gibraltar and...
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