07/23/2026
USCG Barque EAGLE
"America's Tall Ship"
Picture #1 - There's always that one person who steps in front of your shot. Thanks Scott, lol.
Picture #2 - Slightly right of center in the background sits Fort Sumter, the site of the first shot fired, starting the American Civil War on April 12, 1861.
Picture #3 - Below the Eagle in the background sits the USS Yorkstown CV-10. Built in a record 16 1/2 months in Newport News, VA and commissioned on April 15, 1943. She would become known famously as the "Fighting Lady" of World War II.
Picture #4 - Wishing I had my wide angle.
USCG Cutter EAGLE:
Built and commissioned in Hamburg, Germany in 1936 as the Horst Wessel. She was one of three sail-training ships operated by the pre-World War II German Navy. At the close of WWII, the ship was taken as a war reparation by the United States. She was re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE and sailed to her permanent homeport of New London, Connecticut. EAGLE's primary mission is training new cadets and officer candidates.
Facts and Figures:
- Length of EAGLE: 295 ft. (roughly equivalent to a football field)
- Number of sails: 23
- Sail area: 22,227 square feet
- Tallest mast: 150 feet (roughly equivalent to a 15-story building)
- Length of rigging: 6 miles
- Working crew: 55
- Maximum people capacity: 239
- Weight: 1,655 tons (EAGLE’s hull and decks are made of steel)
- Speed under sail: 17 knots (20 mph)
- Speed under power: 10 knots (11 mph)
- Gallons of fuel oil: 24,215
- Weight of anchors: 3,860 lbs.
