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    USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) was a 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender (WLB) which sank in 1980 in a collision near the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge...
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  • recurring character in the Ultima game series USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-291), a United States Coast Guard ship Blackthorn City, a town in the Pokémon games universe;...
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    of boot camp for only one year, Flores was stationed aboard USCGC Blackthorn. As Blackthorn left port from Tampa, Florida on January 28, 1980, the 180-foot...
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    Seaman Apprentice William Ray Flores who died during the sinking of USCGC Blackthorn. At the cost of his own life Flores stayed aboard the capsizing cutter...
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  • Capricorn, a ship that on January 28, 1980 collided with and sank the USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) Capricorn Africa Society, a pressure group in British African...
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    I 12 Jan: HMCS St. Laurent 17 Jan: Salem 20 Jan: Athina B 28 Jan: USCGC Blackthorn 1 Mar: USS Robert L. Wilson 10 Mar: USS Abatan 11 Mar: María Alejandra...
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    I 12 Jan: HMCS St. Laurent 17 Jan: Salem 20 Jan: Athina B 28 Jan: USCGC Blackthorn 1 Mar: USS Robert L. Wilson 10 Mar: USS Abatan 11 Mar: María Alejandra...
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    1973 and later sold to a civilian firm in 1977. After the loss of USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) in 1980, the Coast Guard reacquired Cowslip and recommissioned...
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    deteriorating weather. The U.S. Coast Guard cutters USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719), USCGC Mellon (WHEC-717), and USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407) responded in concert with...
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  • rescued by Mys Sinyavin. On 28 January 1980, the 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Blackthorn collided with the 605-foot (184 m) oil tanker Capricorn and capsized...
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