Remembering those lost
October 20, 2016 12:00 am
• Last Updated: October 20, 2016 6:48 pm
A member of the Officer Candidate School places a rose at the base of Cuyahoga's bell before taking his turn to ring the bell for one of the 11 Coast Guardsmen that died during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
A member of the Officer Candidate School places a rose at the base of Cuyahoga's bell before taking his turn to ring the bell for one of the 11 Coast Guardsmen that died during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016.
On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River.
Officer Candidates of the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School bow their heads for the invocation during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River. Eleven Coast Guardsmen died. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Survivor Dr. Peter Eident talks about his experience the day the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga sank in 1978 during a memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River. Eleven Coast Guardsmen died. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Officer Candidate Hutchison takes his turn ringing the bell for one of the 11 Coast Guardsmen that died during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Guest speaker ADM James Loy (Ret.), School Chief at the Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, Va. at the time of the accident, speaks during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the - at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River. Eleven Coast Guardsmen died. (Dana Jensen/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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