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2. USS Constitution - Wikipedia

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   On 10 July, Constitution led the parade of tall ships up Boston Harbor for Operation Sail, firing her guns at one-minute intervals for the first time in approximately 100 years. [216] On 11 July, she rendered a 21-gun salute to Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia, as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived for a state visit. [217]

3. Tall Ships Races - Wikipedia

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   Tall Ships Races. Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976. The Tall Ships Races are races for sail training "tall ships" (sailing ships). The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing. The races are held annually in European waters and consists of two racing ...

4. Operation Sail - Wikipedia

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   Of the relatively few tall ships that were in service around the world at the time, 16 sailed to New York to participate in the Grand Parade of Sailing Ships. Each of the ships flew a banner featuring the tricolor star insignia of the Bicentennial. They are referred to in the official program book [3] as the square-rigged school ships. In ...

5. USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) - Wikipedia

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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.

6. List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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   25 July 1892. A luxury yacht that was rammed in fog by the steamer H. F. Dimock off Chatham. Aransas. 7 May 1905. A passenger steamer that collided with the schooner barge Glendower in fog, off Chatham. USS Bancroft. United States Navy. July 1945. A Clemson -class destroyer that sank in a collision off Cape Cod.

7. Tall ship - Wikipedia

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   A tall ship from above anchored off of Newlyn in Cornwall. Group of "tall ships" at Hanse Sail 2010. A tall ship is a large, traditionally- rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or ...

8. United States lightship Nantucket (WLV-612) - Wikipedia

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   550 Hp Diesel. Speed. 9 knots (17 km/h) Range. 4000 miles. Boats & landing. craft carried. 26.6 ft. motorized whale boat. The Nantucket Lightship or United States Lightship WLV-612 (Nantucket I) is a lightvessel commissioned in 1950 that became the last lightship decommissioned in United States Coast Guard service.

9. Portsmouth summer 2024: Guide to festivals, tall ships ... - AOL

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   2024 Sail Portsmouth tall ships festival. ... Boston Dance Theater returns to 3S Artpsace on May 31 and June 1 with "Pinnacle Works: Galili, Goecke, & Pereira,” contemporary dance works by three ...