Bell from the only US destroyer sunk in WWI is salvaged by British divers after being lost for more than a century
The lost Destroyer was the USS Jacob Jones DD 61 - sank in 1917 off the Southeastern tip of Great Britain.
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The lost Destroyer was the USS Jacob Jones DD 61 - sank in 1917 off the Southeastern tip of Great Britain.
A crew of U.K. military divers recovered a bell belonging to the USS Jacob Jones, the first U.S. destroyer sunk by the Germans in World War I, authorities said.
The USS Jacob Jones was sunk by a German U-boat in late 1917 during World War I, killing more than half of its crew.
The USS Jacob Jones was the first US Navy destroyer to be lost to enemy action.
The UK Ministry of Defense's salvage unit has recovered the ship's bell from USS Jacob Jones, the first American destroyer ever lost to enemy...