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British divers retrieved an 80-pound brass bell from the only American destroyer sunk in World War I more than 100 years after the ship was torpedoed

The USS Jacob Jones sunk off the coast of Britain in December 1917 after being torpedoed by a German submarine.

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British recover ship s bell from U S destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI

British recover ship s bell from U S destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI
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British divers recover bell from US destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI

A British dive team recovered the bell from the first U.S. destroyer sunk in World War I, USS Jacob Jones, and will return it to Washington.

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