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2007 Lagarto Memorial Service
James Fields, USSVI-WWII, Southeastern WI Chapter, leads in the invocation.
The taps bugler on the aft AA gun platform.
On the deck of Cobia (from L to R): Norma Bishop, Lt. Jamie Weigandt (USNR), Gerald Pilger, John Kenney, Jr., Elmer Marx, Gerald Striegel, Richie Kohler and his wife. James Fields is standing.
VFW Rifle Squad Post 659 and American Legion members.
Overlooking the service aboard USS Cobia (SS-245).
Tolling of the Bell for Lagarto. Stephen Petreshock tolls the bell while Elmer Marx and Gerald Striegel read the names the crew.
Tolling of the Bell for Lagarto.
21-Gun salute rendered by the VFW Rifle Squad Post 659 and American Legion.
Four U.S. flags were presented to surviving Lagarto family members that attended the service.
USNR flag detail.
Lt. Jamie Weigandt (USNR) honoring the U.S. flag to be presented.
Lt. Jamie Weigandt (USNR) presents the flag to a Lagarto family member.
One of Cobia's engines was fired up. (Yes, I was smack in the middle of the initial blast of exhaust and got a lung full. - Raymond)
Images of the June 2006 Dive (Added November 2006)
A look at the U.S. flag on year after it had been secured to the LAGARTO's masts. (Jamie MacLeod)
Both the MV TRIDENT and the USS SALVOR above the LAGARTO. (Jamie MacLeod)
The USS SALVOR seen from the deck of the MV TRIDENT. (Jamie MacLeod)
The U.S. Navy Dive in June 2006
The US Navy rescue and salvage ship USS SALVOR conducted the 6-day survey of the wreck in the Gulf of Thailand. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Kathryn Whittenberger)
Senior Chief Master Navy Diver Michael Moser and Jamie MacLeod go discuss the wreck while looking at a diagram of a fleet submarine. (U.S. Navy Photo)
A US Navy diver examines a piece of the wreckage from the forward capstan. (AP Photo/ U.S. Navy, Jon Sommers)
Sailors aboard the USS Salvor (ARS-52) stand at parade rest during the memorial. (U.S. Navy Photo)
The US flag reflected on the face of the plaque left by the crew of the USS Salvor on the LAGARTO. (U.S. Navy Photo)
The brass plate left on the LAGARTO’s aft capstan by US Navy divers after the completion of their survey on 16 June, 2006. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Master Diver Michael Moser)