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美国官员周三披露，一艘在第一次世界大战中被德国潜艇击沉的标志性美军舰艇在沉没一个多世纪后，被一支英国潜水队在英国海岸外发现。1918年，美国海岸警卫队“坦帕号”在布里斯托尔海峡沉没，造成131名军人遇难，是美国参战舰艇在一战中单次伤亡人数最多的一次。
美国海岸警卫队周三证实，这支名为Gasperados的英国潜水队在康沃尔郡外约50英里、大西洋海面下300多英尺处找到了这艘失踪已久的舰艇。该潜水队此前曾宣布发现了这艘沉船，并表示在历经三年搜寻后终于“成功破解了谜题”。
1917年夏天，六艘美国海岸警卫队舰艇被派往海外执行战争护航任务，而“坦帕号”是唯一一艘未能返航的舰艇。在查尔斯·萨特利船长的指挥下，该舰艇共护送了18支护航队，并因出色的服役表现获得了特别嘉奖。
船上的日志显示，船员士气高昂，还记载了多起无私善举。例如，一名电工曾跳海营救一名溺水的英国军官，两名军医曾登上另一艘舰艇救治一名受伤的水手长。船员们甚至未经许可，将船上的冰淇淋冷冻机借给了其他舰艇。
但“坦帕号”的厄运在1918年9月26日夜晚降临。当时它正驶往威尔士港口补充燃料，途经布里斯托尔海峡时，被德国UB-91号潜艇发射的鱼雷击中。
“坦帕号”的残骸近日在英国康沃尔郡外海域被发现，这是一战中美国海军单次作战伤亡人数最多的事件。美国海岸警卫队供图 / Gasperados潜水队
“坦帕号”在不到三分钟内就沉没了。美国驱逐舰和英国巡逻艇搜救幸存者，但只找到了少量残骸碎片和两具无法辨认身份的海军制服尸体。船上所有131人——111名海岸警卫队员、4名美国海军人员以及16名英国海军人员和平民——全部遇难。
“1918年‘坦帕号’全员沉没时，给我们部队留下了永恒的悲痛，”美国海岸警卫队司令凯文·伦迪海军上将在周三的一份声明中表示，“找到这艘沉船的残骸，让我们得以缅怀他们的牺牲，也提醒我们忠于职守的精神永存。我们将永远铭记他们。”
2023年，Gasperados潜水队联系海岸警卫队，请求协助搜寻“坦帕号”，美军同意向这支全志愿团队提供信息以协助定位沉船遗址，包括甲板装置、船舵、船钟和武器装备的档案照片。
在三年搜寻无果后，该潜水队上周表示，在收到“新情报”后，将对最后两个目标区域展开探索。三天后，团队宣布已找到“坦帕号”。
“这次发现是三年研究与探索的成果，”潜水队队长史蒂夫·莫蒂默说道，“‘坦帕号’对美国和所有当日遇难者的亲属都具有极其重要的意义。他们最终的安息地终于找到了。”
海岸警卫队表示，目前正在制定计划，将使用机器人和自主系统对该沉船开展更多水下研究与探索。
一张“坦帕号”海岸警卫队舰艇的历史照片，该舰于1918年在一战中被德国潜艇鱼雷击中后沉没。美国海岸警卫队供图
近年来，全球各地陆续发现了一战时期的其他沉船残骸。
去年，九艘在一战中被德国鱼雷击中的沉船在摩洛哥海岸外被发现。
2024年11月，英国军方官员宣布，在苏格兰海岸外发现的一艘沉船经确认是英国巡洋舰“霍克号”，该舰在一战中被鱼雷击中后沉没，船上500多名船员全部遇难。
大约在此一个月前，一支探险队在智利海岸外发现了一战时期的德国补给舰“提泰妮娅号”。
Divers find wreck of iconic U.S. ship torpedoed in WWI, killing 131 on board: “Their final resting place is known at last”
April 30, 2026 / 7:41 AM EDT / CBS News
By Stephen Smith Managing Editor
Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, Boston and Tokyo.
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An iconic United States military ship that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I has been discovered by a diving team off the coast of Britain over a century after it was lost, officials revealed Wednesday. The sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa in 1918 in the Bristol Channel killed 131 service members, the largest loss of life on any U.S. combat ship during the war.
The long-lost vessel was found by the British diving team Gasperados about 50 miles off Cornwall more than 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the Coast Guard confirmed on Wednesday. The diving team had previously announced the discovery, declaring they had “finally cracked it” after a three-year search.
In the summer of 1917, six United States Coast Guard cutters were sent overseas on convoy duty for the war, and the Tampa was the only one that never returned. Under the command of Captain Charles Satterlee, the vessel escorted 18 convoys, earning a special commendation for exemplary service.
The ship’s logs show that the crew’s morale was high and cited acts of selflessness. For example, an electrician once jumped overboard to rescue a drowning British officer and two medical officers once went to another ship to treat an injured boatswain. The crew even loaned the cutter’s ice cream freezer to another vessel without permission.
But the Tampa’s demise was sealed on the night of September 26, 1918. While sailing through the Bristol Channel toward a Welsh port for more fuel, it was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-91.
Tampa’s wreckage was recently located off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, marking the largest single naval American combat loss of life in World War I. U.S. Coast Guard photo / Gasperados Dive Team
The Tampa sank in less than three minutes. U.S. destroyers and British patrol craft searched for survivors but all they found were a few pieces of debris and two unidentifiable bodies in naval uniforms. All 131 people aboard — 111 Coast Guardsmen, four U.S. Navy personnel and 16 British Navy personnel and civilians– were killed.
“When the Tampa was lost with all hands in 1918, it left an enduring grief in our service,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, said in a statement Wednesday. “Locating the wreck connects us to their sacrifice and reminds us that devotion to duty endures. We will always remember them.”
In 2023, the Gasperados Dive Team contacted the Coast Guard about searching for the Tampa, and the military agreed to provide the all-volunteer team with information to help locate the wreck site, including archival images of the deck fittings and the ship’s wheel, bell and weaponry.
After three years of coming up empty, the dive team said last week that it would explore two more final target areas after receiving “new intel.” Three days later, team declared that the Tampa had been found.
“This discovery is the result of three years of research and exploration,” said dive team Leader Steve Mortimer. “Tampa is of huge importance to the United States and the relatives of everyone who died that day. Their final resting place is known at last.”
The Coast Guard said it’s now developing plans for more underwater research and exploration of the ship, using robotics and autonomous systems.
A historical photo of Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which was lost in 1918 during World War I after being torpedoed by a German submarine. U.S. Coast Guard photo
Other shipwrecks from World War I have been discovered around the globe in recent years.
Last year, nine ships sunk by German torpedoes during World War I were found off the coast of Morocco.
In November 2024, military officials in England announced that a shipwreck discovered off the coast of Scotland was confirmed to be the HMS Hawke, a British cruiser sunk by a torpedo during World War I, killing more than 500 crew members on board.
About a month before that, the German World War I supply ship Titania was discovered by an expedition ship off the coast of Chile.
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