US Navy (USN) Sailors as flag bearers hold ceremonial flags during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). Burial at sea ceremonies are a time-honored maritime tradition that's been in use as long as people have gone to sea. The LINCOLN is currently at sea off the coast of Southern California conducting readiness training in support of the Fleet Response Plan (FRP)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jordon R. Beesley, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/06/2005
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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