Coast Guard honors fallen shipmates from Blackthorn tragedy [Image 1 of 6]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

01.27.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse  

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

A crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, a 175-foot Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender homeported in St. Petersburg, lays a rose in remembrance of fallen shipmates during the 37th annual Blackthorn memorial service in St. Petersburg, Friday, Jan. 27, 2016. The Blackthorn sank after colliding with the tanker Capricorn near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, in St. Petersburg, Jan. 28, 1980, resulting in the Coast Guard's worst peacetime disaster. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse

• Date Taken: 01.27.2017
• Date Posted: 01.27.2017 21:39
• Photo ID: 3127750
• VIRIN: 170127-G-XO423-1002
• Resolution: 3890x2779
• Size: 7.17 MB
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, US