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The Imperial German submarine UB-91 torpedoed and sank the CGC Tampa (formerly named Miami) which was escorting a convoy bound for Milford Haven, Wales, with all hands. 111 Coast Guardsmen, as well as four US Navy, 11 Royal Navy, and five civilian passengers were killed. The bodies of two of the Coast Guard crew were recovered and were buried in a small church yard in Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain. One body was returned to the family in the US after the war while one, who was never identified, is still interred in Lamphey's church yard to this day. Local residents care for the grave.
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