An 80-lb. brass bell has been recovered by divers from a U.S. navy destroyer sunk during World War I, CBS News reported.

Divers discovered the wreck of the USS Jacob Jones about 1.5 years ago 60 mi. off the coast of England at 400-ft. depth.

The Navy’s policy is not to disturb newly discovered shipwrecks, but the bell was retrieved because of concerns that it would be stolen.

The USS Jacob Jones was deployed to the U.K. during World War I to carry supply convoys. It rescued hundreds of survivors from British ships that had been hit by enemy fire before being hit itself by a German torpedo. 

Conservation work will be done on the bell, and it will eventually be displayed at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C. 

Read the CBS News story here.