US Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE
Class: A
Rig: Barque
Homeport city: New London, Connecticut, Germany
Year built: 1936
Shipyard: Hamburg, Germany
Tonnage: 1,800 tons
Power: sail
Length Over All: 295'
Sail area: 21,000 sq. ft.
Crew size: 54
The USCGC EAGLE is a 1800-ton steel hull, three-masted sailing ship with more than 21,000 square feet of sail and more than five miles of rigging. The 295-foot USCGC EAGLE is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. military service and is homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Mission: To use the USCGC EAGLE and the art of traditional sailing as the platform to train the Coast Guard's future officers in traditional seamanship, navigation, leadership and teamwork.
The USCGC EAGLE serves as a seagoing classroom for future Coast Guard officers. A permanent crew of six officers and 48 enlisted men and women maintain the ship year around and provide a strong base of knowledge and seamanship for the training of up to 150 cadets or officer canidates at a time. The Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany built the USCGC EAGLE, originally named Horst Wessel, in 1936 as a training vessel for German Naval Cadets.
Crew description: A permanent crew of six officers and 48 enlisted men and women maintain the ship year around and provide a strong base of knowledge and seamanship for the training of up to 150 cadets or officer canidates at a time.
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