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

GALVESTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

01.28.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera 

U.S. Coast Guard Heartland       

Members of the Coast Guard honor guard present colors 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: 7607218
• VIRIN: 230128-G-TL908-1005
• Resolution: 5655x3763
• Size: 6.82 MB
• Location: GALVESTON, TEXAS, US