United States Coast Guard Cutter : ce qu'il faut savoir

United States Coast Guard Cutter en United States fait l'actualité ce jeudi. Selon Stars and Stripes, a $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service must have better oversight, watchdog says.

Les faits

• A $20 billion Coast Guard shipbuilding program that has failed to put a cutter into service must have better oversight, watchdog says.
• It was the last anyone would see of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa and its 131 crew members for more than 107 years.
• “When the Tampa was lost with all hands in 1918, it left an enduring grief in our service,” Coast Guard commandant Adm.
• On Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced a team of British divers had located the wreck of the Tampa last weekend at a depth of 300 feet (91 meters) some 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the Cornwall coast.
• Aboard were 111 Coast Guardsmen, four US Navy sailors, and 16 Britons, including Royal Navy personnel and civilians.

L'essentiel

CNN indique que it was the last anyone would see of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa and its 131 crew members for more than 107 years. D'après CNN, On Wednesday, the Coast Guard announced a team of British divers had located the wreck of the Tampa last weekend at a depth of 300 feet (91 meters) some 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the Cornwall coast. Comme le souligne CNN, Aboard were 111 Coast Guardsmen, four US Navy sailors, and 16 Britons, including Royal Navy personnel and civilians. Selon CNN, the German submarine captain saw his target’s silhouette against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the command to fire a single torpedo.

Les chiffres

“When the Tampa was lost with all hands in 1918, it left an enduring grief in our service,” Coast Guard commandant Adm. (CNN) D'après CNN, the team had been looking for the Tampa since 2023. Comme le souligne CNN, On September 17, 1918, the ship began convoy duty in the Atlantic waters. Selon CNN, But on September 26, the Tampa’s captain requested permission to leave the convoy it was escorting as his ship was running dangerously low on coal to power its boilers and needed to refuel.

Ce qu'ils disent

“This included the archival images of the deck fittings, ship’s wheel, bell, weaponry and archival images of the Tampa,” William Thiesen, Coast Guard Atlantic area historian, said in the statement. (CNN)

Le contexte

Selon CNN, TAMPA is of huge importance to the United States and the relatives of everyone who died that day. CNN indique que the Coast Guard said it provided the group with records and data to confirm the wreck was the Tampa. D'après CNN, a Coast Guard history of the Tampa gives details of its final voyage. Comme le souligne CNN, the blast from the torpedo was followed by a secondary explosion, caused by either coal dust igniting or depth charges aboard the Tampa detonating, according to the Coast Guard history.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• It was the last anyone would see of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa and its 131 crew members for more than 107 years.
• The German submarine captain saw his target’s silhouette against the evening sky off the coast of southern England and gave the command to fire a single torpedo.
• The Coast Guard said it provided the group with records and data to confirm the wreck was the Tampa.
• Recherches qui explosent : Arrêt de la construction de deux OPC des US Coast Guard, La marine américaine va lancer une nouvelle classe de frégates, basée sur un patrouilleur de l'US Coast Guard, U.S. Coast Guard intercepte des navires vénézuéliens dans les Caraïbes -, L’US Coast Guard retire du service ses derniers patrouilleurs de type Island.