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USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly the Horst Wessel and also known as the 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.
The United States Coast Guard Academy ( USCGA ), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study. Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets.
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard 's largest vessel. [ 1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. [ 1] She is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and was commissioned in 1999. On 6 September 2001 Healy visited the North Pole for the ...
August 9, 2024 at 9:03 PM. NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The grueling basic training for fledgling cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, known as swab summer, has been revamped this year in light ...
Dec. 16—The cutter sailed more than 8, 000 nautical miles over 36 days from Portsmouth, Va., to join the Coast Guard's District 14, which is headquartered on Oahu and is the service's largest ...
Brad Lendon, CNN. July 8, 2024 at 4:52 AM. Philippine Coast Guard. China anchored one of its two “monster” coast guard ships inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) last week ...
175' Keeper-class coastal buoy tender (WLM) USCGC Joshua Appleby (WLM-556), a 175' USCG coastal buoy tender. USCGC Ida Lewis (WLM-551) USCGC Katherine Walker (WLM-552) USCGC Abbie Burgess (WLM-553) USCGC Marcus Hanna (WLM-554) USCGC James Rankin (WLM-555) USCGC Joshua Appleby (WLM-556) USCGC Frank Drew (WLM-557)
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is a four-year service academy located in New London, Connecticut. Approximately 200 cadets graduate each year, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree and a commission as an ensign in the Coast Guard. Graduates are obligated to serve a minimum of five years on active duty.