Coast Guard remembers Blackthorn tragedy [Image 2 of 4]

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, UNITED STATES

01.28.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley Johnson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

A Coast Guardsman renders a salute after placing a rose, which represents one of the 23 crew members who perished aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn during the 35th annual Blackthorn memorial ceremony in St. Petersburg, Fla., Jan. 28, 2015. The crew of the Blackthorn collided with the motor vessel Capricorn Jan. 28, 1980, resulting in the service's worst peacetime disaster. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley J. Johnson)

• Date Taken: 01.28.2015
• Date Posted: 01.28.2015 15:07
• Photo ID: 1739074
• VIRIN: 150128-G-RD053-080
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 10.92 MB
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US