Diamond Shoals Lightship MOA signed by Coast Guard and NOAA [Image 2 of 2]

NORFOLK, VA, UNITED STATES

09.18.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John D. Miller 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

Dr. Robert M. Browning Jr., chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, and Daniel J. Basta, director of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, conclude the signing of a memorandum of agreement to preserve and to manage the underwater wreck of the Diamond Shoals Lightship on Sept. 18, 2014, in Norfolk, Va. The document formalizes a partnership in which NOAA will oversee the protection of and the public outreach for the former Coast Guard lightship, which was sunk by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras, N.C., Aug. 6, 1918, after transmitting a radio warning to nearby ships about the U-boat's presence. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John D. Miller)

• Date Taken: 09.18.2014
• Date Posted: 09.18.2014 14:44
• Photo ID: 1555830
• VIRIN: 140918-G-NV320-023
• Resolution: 2717x1747
• Size: 807.34 KB
• Location: NORFOLK, VA, US