Coast Guard participates in joint-service memorial for Titanic 100th anniversary
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., scatter 1.5 million dried rose petals over the final resting place of the RMS Titanic, April 14, 2012, as part of a memorial ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Ice Service.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Bill Armstrong (left) and Christopher Kelsey, maintenance engineers with the Canadian Ice Service, verify the successful aerial deployment of rose petals from the drop chute of a Canadian Ice Service plane over the site where RMS Titanic sank in 1912. Their mission was part of a joint-service ceremonial overflight with members of the U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, April 14, 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Bill Armstrong, a maintenance engineer with the Canadian Ice Service, prepares to deploy a memorial wreath from the drop chute of a Canadian Ice Service plane over the site where RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The event was a joint-service ceremonial overflight with members of the U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, April 14, 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., scatter 1.5 million dried rose petals over the final resting place of the RMS Titanic, April 14, 2012, as part of a memorial ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Ice Service.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Bill Armstrong (left) and Christopher Kelsey, maintenance engineers with the Canadian Ice Service, verify the successful aerial deployment of rose petals from the drop chute of a Canadian Ice Service plane over the site where RMS Titanic sank in 1912. Their mission was part of a joint-service ceremonial overflight with members of the U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, April 14, 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Canada – Bill Armstrong, a maintenance engineer with the Canadian Ice Service, prepares to deploy a memorial wreath from the drop chute of a Canadian Ice Service plane over the site where RMS Titanic sank in 1912. The event was a joint-service ceremonial overflight with members of the U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol, April 14, 2012, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie.
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