Coast Guard holds annual Blackthorn memorial service in Galveston, Texas [Image 3 of 5]

GALVESTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

01.28.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8       

A Coast Guard member places a rose on the memorial wreath during the 43rd anniversary memorial service for the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn on Base Galveston, Texas, Jan. 28, 2023. 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: 01.28.2023
• Date Posted: 01.28.2023 14:48
• Photo ID: 7607216
• VIRIN: 230128-G-TL908-1002
• Resolution: 5475x3643
• Size: 5.58 MB
• Location: GALVESTON, TEXAS, US