The United Kingdom has ceremoniously returned the bell from the USS Jacob Jones, the first American destroyer lost to enemy attack during World War I, to the United States.
Second Sea Lord Vice Admiral Martin Connell handed the bell to Admiral James W. Kilby, the U.S. Vice Chief of Naval Operations, during the first Sea Lord’s annual seapower conference at Lancaster House in London.
In December 1917, a German U-boat sank the USS Jacob Jones, killing 64 crew members.
The...