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BOSTON -- The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two world wars, carried out patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

The team was able to collect evidence to positively identify the wreck.

BOSTON — The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

BOSTON — The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard...

Coast Guard: Wreck found in Atlantic is storied cutter Bear | 2021-10-15 05:17:21

The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the...

The vessel spent over four decades patrolling and performing search and rescue in the Arctic and was the first in the U.S. government to be captained by a Black man.

The legend of the Bear is so ingrained in Coast Guard lore that the sports teams at the Coast Guard Academy are named the Bears.

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday that it has located one of the most famous shipwrecks, the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear, after spending two decades looking for it.

The U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear served in two World Wars, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel.