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Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
Burial at sea on the USS Enterprise, May 19, 2004. This is a list of people buried at sea. Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand [1]
This category contains articles about persons who were buried at sea rather than in a cemetery or other permanent (i.e., knowable) final resting place. This also includes those who have been cremated and their ashes were buried at sea. Persons who died in shipwrecks and whose bodies were never recovered for burial might also be included.
Sailors of the United States Navy, armed with M14s, form a rifle party and fire a volley salute on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during a burial at sea ceremony. "Three Volley Salute"
Royal Navy Burying Ground: List of known interred, Maritime Naval Museum pamphlet. "William Batchell. Old Royal Navy Burial Ground Halifax. 6 Feb. 2016". Nova Scotia History. 6 February 2016. Beach, Edward L. (1986). The United States Navy: 200 Years. New York: H. Holt. ISBN 978-0030447112. Cooper, James Fenimore (1856) [1839].
The following day, the Japanese pilot received a military burial at sea. An improvised Japanese flag, sewn by one of the ship's bosun's mates, covered the bag holding the man's remains. [22] The ship's chaplain committed the body to the sea and the six pallbearers let it slide overboard, accompanied by a volley of rifle fire. [22]
Brooke is himself buried in a war grave on Skyros in the Aegean Sea, having died while en route to fight in the Gallipoli Campaign. The War Graves Photographic Project , founded in 2008, aims to create an archive of names and photographs of all military graves and memorials from 1914 to the present day from any nationality, although focus on ...
Norman (Nicholas) Scott (August 10, 1889 – November 13, 1942) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He was killed along with many of his staff when the ship he was on – the light cruiser USS Atlanta – was hit by gunfire from the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco during the nighttime fighting in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.