World War I shipwreck found at sea more than 100 years later

A piece of American history lost for more than a century is finally found

This is what's left of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tampa, discovered more than 300 feet below the Atlantic off the coast of England

Way back in 1918, during World War I, the ship was escorting convoys

when a German submarine torpedoed it. The Tampa sank in less than three minutes

All 131 people on board were killed. the deadliest single loss for American forces at sea during that war

A volunteer diving team found the wreck after a three-year search, working with historians to confirm it was, in fact, the Tampa

For the Coast Guard, it closes a chapter that's been open for generations

Officials now say the site will be preserved as the final resting place for the crew