Coast Guard holds annual Blackthorn memorial service in Galveston, Texas [Image 1 of 10]

GALVESTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

01.28.2021

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

A memorial ceremony is held for the fallen crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn Jan. 28, 2021, at Base Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn sank after colliding with the tanker vessel Capricorn in Tampa, Florida, near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Jan. 28, 1980 and lost 23 of its 50 crew members in the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson)

• Date Taken: 01.28.2021
• Date Posted: 01.28.2021 16:00
• Photo ID: 6499963
• VIRIN: 210128-G-VY010-1005
• Resolution: 6016x4016
• Size: 15.85 MB
• Location: GALVESTON, TEXAS, US