USCG Cutter Blackthorn 40th Anniversary(34)
USCG Cutter Blackthorn 40th Anniversary
St. Petersburg, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2020) Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Coast Guard Commandant Karl Shultz attended the commemoration the 40th Anniversary of the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, which took the lives of 23 Coast Guardsmen near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge.