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Probably the old WWI Clemson/Wickes class flush deck destroyer USS Reuben James.

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Q: What was the first US ship sunk by a German U boat?
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The british luxury ship lusitania was sunk by?

a German U-boat.


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What novel ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U boat on May 17 1915?

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What ship was sunk by a German U-boat?

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What ship was sunk in 1915 by the Germans?

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