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USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly Horst Wessel and also known as Barque Eagle, is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today, along with USS Constitution which is ported in Boston Harbor.
Many of Eagle ' s past commanders have gone on to serve with distinction, include ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., who served as the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2010–2014, and VADM James C. Irwin, who served as vice commandant from 1986 to 1988. In all, nie former Eagle commanders and two Horst Wessel commanders achieved flag rank. [1]
USCGC Eagle may refer to: . USCGC Eagle (1925), was a "100-foot" Eagle-class patrol boat, commissioned in 1925 and transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1936 USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), is a Gorch Fock-class barque originally commissioned as Segelschulschiff Horst Wessel, a German training vessel taken as war reparations by the United States and commissioned into the Coast Guard in 1946; she is still in ...
Jul. 29—The U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle, the 295-foot-long tall ship the Coast Guard Academy uses for cadet training, is scheduled to arrive at City Pier in New London on Friday. It will be ...
USCGC Eagle: 1 295' None USCGC Eagle (WIX-327): Eagle is home ported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. It is used for training voyages for Coast Guard Academy cadets and Coast Guard officer candidates. USCGC Eagle was built in Germany as the Horst Wessel, and was taken by the United States as a war reparation in 1945. USCGC ...
The List of United States Coast Guard Cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter.
A crane retrieves part of the wreckage from the Potomac River, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river (REUTERS)
As of 2019 USCGC Eagle (formerly the Kriegsmarine ship Horst Wessel), a Gorch Fock–class barque, perpetuates the name Eagle on the Coast Guard ship register. [ 13 ] Three of the ships involved in the battle, Eagle as well as Narcissus and Dispatch , are among the six legendary vessels celebrated in the second verse of the Coast Guard march ...