USCGC Eagle (WIX 327) conducts wreath-laying for USCGC Hamilton (WPG 34) off Iceland [Image 15 of 19]

NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

06.08.2021

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

On approach to Iceland on June 6, 2021, the USCGC Eagle (WIX 3287) crew conducted a wreath-laying in memory of the Treasury-class USCGC Hamilton (WPG 34), torpedoed by German submarine U-132 in 1942 while patrolling the Icelandic coast near Reykjavík. Of the 221 person crew, 26 members were lost. (U.S. Coast Guard photo Cadet Zachary Hegbli)

• Date Taken: 06.08.2021
• Date Posted: 06.14.2021 14:44
• Photo ID: 6690743
• VIRIN: 210608-G-GO100-479
• Resolution: 2771x1978
• Size: 1.11 MB
• Location: NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
• Hometown: NEW LONDON, CT, US