Kennedy and Bessette family members carried the cremated remains of John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette onto the USS Briscoe, a Navy destroyer with a crew of more than 300. The ashes were to be scattered at sea off Martha's Vineyard, about three miles from where the bodies were recovered.
Autopsies reveal that the crash victims died upon impact.
The families announce plans for memorial services. The recovery team identifies the bodies of sisters Lauren Bessette and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy amid the wreckage. Sen. Ted Kennedy and his two sons go to the USS Grasp to be briefed on recovery operations. The Grasp is repositioned over the wreckage area. Police divers set out in three 28-foot Coast Guard boats from Menemsha Harbor in Chilmark, Martha's Vineyard.