Coast Guard memorial service for Blackthorn victims is Sunday
January 26, 2024 - Sunday at 2 p.m., the US Coast Guard will hold its annual memorial service for those who died Jan. 28, 1980 when the cutter Blackthorn sank in Tampa Bay. It’s at the Blackthorn Memorial, at the Pinellas rest area on the north end of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The public may attend. The story of the Blackthorn tragedy (click to read).