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COAST GUARD TRAGEDY: Eleven crewmembers died due to the commanding officer of Cutter Cuyahoga failing to properly identify the running lights of a freighter, steering his vessel directly into the path of the Santa Cruz II in the Chesapeake Bay

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Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun addresses survivors of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga’s sinking at the 30th anniversary memorial at Training Center Yorktown, Va., Oct. 20, …