A memorial box prepared for the family of U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Apprentice Matthew Snow is displayed aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) April 18, 2013, at Naval 130418-N-TP877-003

A memorial box prepared for the family of one of the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington's (CVN 73)

The Navy Misawa Snow Team gathers in front of their snow sculpture of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).

Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) look up at the newly installed main mast during the mast-stepping ceremony on George Washington's flight deck

Aircraft aboard USS George Washington, execute a formation fly-by above the aircraft carrier.

Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) spell out George Washington on the flight deck while arriving in port to commemorate the ships 18 years of Naval service.

Aviation ordnancemen prepare ordnance containers on the flight deck of the forward deployed nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73).

A memorial box prepared for the family of U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Apprentice Matthew Snow is displayed aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) April 18, 2013, at Naval 130418-N-TP877-003

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A memorial box prepared for the family of U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Apprentice Matthew Snow is displayed aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) April 18, 2013, at Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan. Snow, who was assigned to the ships Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department, suffered a fatal knife wound March 25, 2013, while on leave in Florida.

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photographs taken on 2013 04 18

sea burials aboard uss george washington cvn 73

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united states navy

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18/04/2013

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