Captain Joseph K. Taussig Jr., USN, photographed as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Sumner, a San Francisco Maritime Enforcement Specialist, directs Blasjo, an explosive detection K-9, during a search of AT&T Park Thursday, March 27, 2014. The goal of the exercise is to get the explosive detection K-9s, like Blasjo, prepared to do sweeps in preparation of the baseball season. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Stanton

140412-N-PM781-001 BATH, Maine (April 12, 2014) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus speaks with media before the christening ceremony for the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG) 1000. The ship, the first of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces and operate as part of joint and combined expeditionary forces. The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo R. Bud Zumwalt Jr., who served as chief of naval operations from 1970-1974. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arif Patani/Released)

USN Hospital Ship USS Sanctuary (AH-17), no date.

The SS Andrea Doria sinking into the Atlantic following a collision with another vessel in July 1956.

USS Constellation (CV-64) and USS Hoel (DDG-13) replenish from the USS Camden (AOE-2) while operating in the Tonkin Gulf during Vietnam.

USS Camden (AOE-2) replenishes the USS Constellation (CV-64) and USS Hoel (DDG-13) in the Gulf of Tonkin.

USS Block Island (CVE-21) underway in October 1943.

The USS Block Island (CVE-21) underway in the Atlantic in heavy seas during World War II.

Bow view of the USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway in August 1953.

Starboard side view of the USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway, 1945.

USS Block Island (CVE-106) off the north end of Vashon Island, Washington, 1945.

Aerial stern view of the USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway off Vanshon Island, Washington, in January 1945.

Aerial starboard side view of the USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway, April 1953.

Third in a series of seven photographs showing the rescue dramatic air-sea rescue of Ensign E.H. Barry, USN, pilot of a Grumman AF Guardian when he was forced to ditch his plane immediately after taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). The series was taken by a Navy photographer on the bridge of the USS Bearss (DD 654). During the rescue, the pilots parachute opened, making it impossible for the helicopter to complete the rescue and pull him from the helicopter sling. After hitting the water for the second time, Ens. Barry began cutting his parachute shroud lines. Before he had completed cutting them, a motor whaleboat from the USS Bearss (DD-654) rescued him from the sea. Approximately twelve minutes after he crashed, Ensign Barry was on board the USS Bearss (DD-654) and being treated for minor cuts and abrasions. In this third photograph, all the slack has been taken out of the shroud lines to the parachute and the strain is increasing on the pilot until the point is reached that he must release the helicopter sling.

Number one in a series of seven photographs which show the dramatic air-sea rescue of Ensign E.H. Barry, USN, pilot of a Grumman AF Guardian, when he was forced to ditch his plane immediately after taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Block Island (CVE-106). The series was taken by a Navy photographer on the bridge of the USS Bearss (DD-654). During the rescue, the pilots parachute opened, making it impossible for the helicopter to complete the rescue and pull him from the helicopter sling. After hitting the water for the second time, Ens. Barry began cutting his parachute shroud lines. Before he had completed cutting them, a motor whaleboat from the USS Bearss (DD-654) rescued him from the sea. Approximately twelve minutes after he crashed, Ensign Barry was on board the USS Bearss (DD-654) and being treated for minor cuts and abrasions. In this photograph, the pilot is hanging from the helicopter sling with the parachute shrouds trailing in the sea. Just prior to the time this photograph was taken, the pilot had pushed back the canopy of the plane and swam under water a short distance from the plane before coming to the surface. A wing tank is shown floating between the helicopter and the plane. At this time the shroud lines of the parachute are relatively slack.