A Navy Diver grinds part of the Commodore Oliver Perry cemetery gate aboard USNS Grapple.
Summary
CHAGUARAMAS COAST GUARD BASE, Trinidad and Tobago\' (Mar. 30, 2012) Navy Diver 1st Class Brian Mouton, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, Company 2-1, grinds part of the Commodore Oliver Perry cemetery gate aboard the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple (T-ARS 53). The gates, from the cemetery where Oliver Perry was first buried in 1819, were later dedicated to him in 1926 and have since fallen into disrepair. Members of Company 2-1 and civilian crew members from Grapple are repairing the gate in time for the rededication ceremony on April 4. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kathleen A. Gorby) File# 120330-N-BJ279-273
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Date
1926
Location
CHAGUARAMAS COAST GUARD BASE, Trinidad and Tobago\'
Source
U.S. NAVY
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Public Domain