Coast Guard holds annual Blackthorn memorial service in Galveston, Texas [Image 2 of 6]

GALVESTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

01.28.2022

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

Coast Guard Capt. Jason Smith, commander of Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, gives a speech during the 42nd-anniversary memorial service for the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn on Base Galveston, Texas, Jan. 28, 2022. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crew members perished after the cutter collided with a tanker vessel and sank near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 28, 1980. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera)

• Date Taken: 01.28.2022
• Date Posted: 01.28.2022 12:31
• Photo ID: 7026374
• VIRIN: 220128-G-TL908-1002
• Resolution: 6048x4024
• Size: 8.38 MB
• Location: GALVESTON, TEXAS, US