<a about="#mwt87" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Tuscania"},"2":{"wt":"1914"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Tuscania_(1914)" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Tuscania (1914)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Tuscania</i></a> is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.