Talk:Burial at sea

Featured on the Main Page together with the photo Image:BurialAtSea USS Intrepid1944.jpg on 26 April 2004 in the section "Did you know..." "...that the United States Navy practiced burial at sea as recently as World War II?"

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It is stated that Janis Joplin was burried at sea, but on the pagina on Joplin one can find the following contradictional statement: "Joplin died of a heroin overdose on October 4, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 27. She was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California."

My source is [1], and i did not verify the information. It is quite possible that I am wrong. I will add a note to the page until I or someone else finds more info. Thanks for pointing that out. -- Chris 73 | (New) Talk 11:16, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Got it. Cremated at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, but then the ashes were scattered in the pacific ocean, as stated on Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, also for example [2] -- Chris 73 | (New) Talk 11:19, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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Removed section on suicide because it really doesn't fit, topicwise, very well into this article. Improv

It is nice to learn that illegal burial is illegal. Do you have any logic left? This article needs serious improvement, but looking into the version history you are not willing to accept any changes for the better.

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Wasn't there a Polynesian culture that consigned their dead to the ocean, with the intent that the bodies be eaten by the god-like sharks? If so, that would be a suitable addition to this article. -Willmcw 06:17, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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In the 1990s a woman standing on a favorite rock on the California coast was swept out to sea and drowned by a large wave. Her son and daughter chose the same spot to scatter her ashes and were also struck by a wave, killing the son.

Any good reason for not removing this?

Why does a subject titled "Burial at sea" have the first chapter as "United States Navy"??!!

Good point, moved this to a subsection -- Chris 73 | Talk 11:00, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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Should Spock be placed under fictional figures buried at sea, it was a traditional ceremony, even though it happened in space.

There is a burial in space page where Spock is listed. Butnotthehippo 23:54, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

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I removed "Jacob Marley" from the section on Fictional Characters Buried at Sea, as nowhere in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" does it say he was so buried. Indeed, the first paragraph of the first chapter says "The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner." sugesting an ordinary London church burial. If one of the many adaptations of this book has Marley buried at sea, someone can restore this name with a reference to the adaptation. MacPhilbin 03:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

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I was told in my years at sea by a bosun that had buried souls at sea, that British naval tradition is that the sailmakers last stitch in the shroud must pass through the nose of the deceased. Allegedly to prove he was dead. Jim Lad.203.44.141.220 (talk) 07:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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The paragraph beginning with the text "California is the only state that doesn’t permit full body burials. " seems to completely overlook the fact that states exist outside of the usa. 81.102.245.90 (talk) 10:43, 29 July 2008 (UTC)