On This Day January 28 1980 - The USCGC Blackthorn Capsized After Colliding With the Tanker Capricorn

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On This Day January 28 1980 - The USCGC Blackthorn Capsized After Colliding With the Tanker Capricorn.

On this day January 28 1980, the USCGC Blackthorn capsized after colliding with the tanker Capricorn, resulting in a tragic maritime disaster. The collision caused the Coast Guard cutter to overturn rapidly, leading to the loss of multiple crew members and marking one of the deadliest peacetime incidents in U.S. Coast Guard history.

The disaster exposed serious challenges related to navigation visibility and emergency response in busy shipping channels. In the years that followed, the...
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