Rededicating Wrecked or Decommissioned Ship's Bells

This is the story of when bells come home. For hundreds of years, bells have accompanied navies and merchant fleets across the world. A practical and symbolically-important instrument onboard the vessel, a ship’s bell signals the time, indicates the position of the ship in heavy fog, honors lost sailors, and may even be used as a makeshift baptismal font. “A ship’s bell, foremost, establishes the rhythm of a ship,” said Rear Admiral Warren Smith, Commander of the New York Naval Militia. “It is used for many purposes, but it is a reference point for life aboard ship.”

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Bells at Sea National Bell Festival

Divers retrieve 80-pound brass bell from first U.S. Navy destroyer ever sunk by enemy fire - CBS News

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British recover ship's bell from U.S. destroyer sunk by U-boat in WWI - The Washington Post

Ship's Bell USS Threat (AM-124)

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Ship bells are iconic - Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum

For Whom The Shipwreck Bell Tolls - InDEPTH