Stennis Quartermaster Seaman Nicholas Fisher, from Salt Lake City, paints the names of ships and sailors in memory of seven sailors who lost their lives when the USS Belknap (CG-26) collided with USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) on Nov. 22, 1975.

After the accident, carriers started installing Belknap poles to provide navigators on the bridge with a solid reference point for the ships heading. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is currently undergoing a Docking Planned Incremental Availability maintenance period at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility.