11 killed when U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga sank in Chesapeake Bay

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. β€” Nearly five decades after the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga sank in the Chesapeake Bay, siblings Doug Carter and Katie Lemon keep their brother’s memory alive.

Yeoman First Class William Carter was just 22 when he perished along with 10 other crew members on October 20, 1978, after the 125-foot training vessel collided with a massive Argentinian freighter.

β€œHe always had the same a smile on his face,” said Katie Lemon…

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