World War I: <a about="#mwt51" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Jacob Jones"},"2":{"wt":"DD-61"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jacob_Jones_(DD-61)" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Jacob Jones</i></a> is the first American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> to be sunk by enemy action when it is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> by German submarine <a about="#mwt52" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"SM"},"2":{"wt":"U-53"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-53" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SM U-53" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SM<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>U-53</i></a>.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_6#cite_note-8" id="mwjg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjw">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt53" class="citation news cs1" id="mwBwg"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cornwall-62597453" id="mwBwk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"US World War One wreck found off Cornish coast"</a>. <i id="mwBwo">BBC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBws">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBww">20 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt53" class="Z3988" id="mwBw0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=US+World+War+One+wreck+found+off+Cornish+coast&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fav%2Fuk-england-cornwall-62597453&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+6"></span></span>