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| While in Halifax this past summer, I saw for the first time ever, the tall ships regatta. Pictured above the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (USCGC Eagle) was my favourite. Throughout the summer, Eagle trains cadets and officer candidates, teaching them practical seamanship skills while indoctrinating them in the Coast Guard’s afloat leadership laboratory. Built at the Blohm + Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, and commissioned as Horst Wessel, Eagle is one of three sail-training ships operated by the pre-World War II German navy. At the close of the war, the ship was taken as a war reparation by the U.S., re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and sailed to New London, Connecticut, which has been her permanent homeport ever since. Eagle has offered generations of Coast Guard Academy cadets, and more recently officer candidates, an unparalleled leadership experience at sea. |
Friday, October 13, 2017
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Incredible design! Takes me back in time.
ReplyDeleteNice ship indeed.
ReplyDelete...a beauty with an interesting story.
ReplyDeleteA mighty fine looking ship.
ReplyDeleteAnother outstanding photograph! Love the skyline behind the ship, too. I've not seen this but I remember that one of the tall ships used by the Portuguese navy was name after one of Columbus' ships and they used it for the same purposes.
ReplyDeleteHere is a guard side which does not miss look. Those from our home are much more modest. Magnificent!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a stunning sailing ship. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is a beauty!
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful to see, Andy!
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. This is a great looking tall ship. May it continue to serve as seamanship training and leadership training for many more generations. There is something romantic about a real sailing ship.
ReplyDeleteLovely shot and they do look good sailing along those tall ships.
ReplyDeleteWhat a grand vessel, and so well photographed.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great looking ship. Groton is only an hour from my Connecticut home, but I have never seen the Eagle.
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