HOUSTON - Senior Chief Petty Officer Jame Clark, a boatswain's mate in the U.S. Coast Guard, presents the last flag flow by the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn at Sector Field Office Galveston during a memorial dedicated to the 23 Coast Guardsmen who lost their lives 32 years ago aboard the Blackthorn Jan. 27, 2012. On Jan. 28, 1980 at approximately 7:21 p.m. the Blackthorn and the motor tanker Capricorn collided by the Sunshine Skyway Bridge near St. Petersburg, Fla., resulting in the loss of 23 crewmen and the largest peacetime loss of life in Coast Guard history. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin Metcalf.
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