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  History for USCGC Eagle (WIX 327)
The Eagle is a three-masted sailing Barque with 21,350 square feet of sail, homeported at the CG Academy, New London, Connecticut.
Eagle serves as a seagoing classroom for approximiately 175 cadets and instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
It is on the decks and rigging of the Eagle that the young men and women of the Academy get their experiences at sea.
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,400310|400310,00.html   (219 words)

  
  uscgc eagle - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The USCGC ''Eagle (ex Horst Wessel) is a three masted barque serving as a school ship for the United States Coast Guard.
The Eagle has a range of 5450 nautical miles (10,000 km) at her cruise speed of 7.5 knots (14 km/h) under diesel power.
The Eagle has a standing crew of six officers and 29 enlisted men; on training missions, she carries on the average a complement of 12 officers, 38 crew, and between 150 and 175 cadets.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/uscgc-eagle   (458 words)

  
 The Dolphin - America's tall ship sails with first female executive officer
Not only is her position and unit special to the Coast Guard, so is her mission: to use 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.
By the time she assumed her duties as the Eagle's executive officer in July 2003, Marcille had served as instructor of maritime law enforcement at the Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown, Va., as operations officer of the 378-foot high-endurance cutter Chase, and as commanding officer of the 110-foot cutter Pea Island.
Although she admits she'd like to stay aboard the Eagle for another two-year tour, she feels her position is an opportunity she wouldn't want to take away from somebody else.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=12774844&BRD=1659&PAG=461&dept_id=8110&rfi=6   (1176 words)

  
 USCG Eagle - Minicraft 1/350
She was seized as a war prize at the end of the war, the US Coast Guard christened her "Eagle", and with a mixed crew of USCG and German personnel, sailed her to the US in 1946.
Eagle is rigged as a bark (or barque), which means she has square sails on the fore and main masts, but only fore-and-aft sails on the mizzen.
The Eagle has a couple of pronounced raised rubrails along the hull, and these are reproduced in the model's upper hull.
smmlonline.com /reviews/models/uscgceagle/uscgceagle.html   (1427 words)

  
 Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USCGC Eagle
Eagle serves as a seagoing classroom for approximately 175 cadets and instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
It is on the decks and rigging of Eagle that the young men and women of the Academy get their first taste of salt air and life at sea.
When Eagle is in her home port of New London, she is open from 8 to 5 for self-guided tours of the main deck.
www.hnsa.org /ships/eagle.htm   (284 words)

  
 USCGC Eagle: Under Two Flags - The Early Years Sea Classics - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
I remembered that as first-class cadets we were required to take daily celestial observations to plot our positions, and the sextants used were from an earlier period in Eagle's life when she flew another country's flag.
After the WWII, she was claimed as a war prize by the United States and subsequently turned over to the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, as a cadet training ship.
To better appreciate the history of Eagle, one must first delve into Germany's maritime traditions, as well as the relationship she had with her sister ships.
search.looksmart.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200507/ai_n16062016   (982 words)

  
 Coast Guard Cutter Eagle
Eagle: Any of various large diurnal birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, characterized by a powerful hooked bill, keen vision, long broad wings, and strong soaring flight.
Today's Eagle, the seventh in a long line of proud cutters to bear the name, was built in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, as a training vessel for German Navy cadets.
Eagle in New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty during the Bicentennial Celebration, 1976.
www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Eagle_1946.html   (927 words)

  
 USCGC Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two ships of the United States Coast Guard have borne the name USCGC Eagle, in honor of the eagle, any of the various large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, marked by a powerful hooked bill, long broad wings, and strong, soaring flight.
She was decommissioned in 1936 and transferred to the U.S. Navy.
The second, Eagle (WIX-327), is a Gorch Fock-class barque, launched in Germany in 1936 as Horst Wessel.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USCGC_Eagle   (212 words)

  
 USCGC Eagle: Under Two Flags - The Early Years Sea Classics - Find Articles
I remembered that as first-class cadets we were required to take daily celestial observations to plot our positions, and the sextants used were from an earlier period in Eagle's life when she flew another country's flag.
After the WWII, she was claimed as a war prize by the United States and subsequently turned over to the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, as a cadet training ship.
To better appreciate the history of Eagle, one must first delve into Germany's maritime traditions, as well as the relationship she had with her sister ships.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4442/is_200507/ai_n16062016   (965 words)

  
 Sea Scouting: Opportunities - USCGC Eagle Cruise
Eagle is the 295 foot square rigger that is used to train U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets and officer candidates for careers in the world's most unique seagoing service.
You will be treated like a cadet and subject to the same discipline as a Cadet, including loss of liberty in port or even being sent home, if necessary, for severe infractions.
Time is of the essence and all applications to participate in the 2007 Sea Scout Eagle Cruise must be received by May 4, 2007.
www.seascout.org /reference/opportunities/eagle.html   (236 words)

  
 Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - USCGC Eagle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
USCGC Eagle is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. Maritime services.
Today's Eagle is the seventh in a long line of proud cutters to bear the name.
On May 15, 1946, she was commissioned into the U.S. Coast Guard service as Eagle and sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany to New London.
www.maritime.org /hnsa-eagle.htm   (261 words)

  
 Reunion Hall - USCGC Eagle
Was on the Eagle in 60 and 61 as part of the summer crew from the Academy, I was an EM1.
For Eagle shipmates from 1963-65, I am sorry to report that Ralph Hayford (Stretch) died this past September of complications of diabetes, leukemia, and an unknown bug he caught in the hospital, after a long illness.
I served on the Eagle from 90 to 92.
www.fredsplace.org /reunion/cutter/0960.shtml   (4722 words)

  
 USCG Cutters Screen Saver V.1
USCGC Katmai Bay (WTGB 101) moored to the pier at Group Sault Saint Marie, Mich.
USCGC Madronna (WLB 302) a seagoing buoy tender is moored at Base Charleston SC.
USCGC Shearwater is dwarfed by the looming USS Theodore Roosevelt.
www.carorama.com /screensavers/uscgcutterv1.html   (723 words)

  
 USS Eagle former Horst Wessel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The FriedrichFiles - USCGC EAGLE (WIX-327), former Horst Wessel
Few training journeys before the outbreak of the war, then used as a transport in the Baltic.
After the war Horst Wessel was taken over by the United States Coast Guard and renamed Eagle.
picpage7.tripod.com /Eagle.html   (43 words)

  
 Unit History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Barque Eagle Division was founded in 1972 by a group of Naval Reservists from the Reserve Center formerly located in Hartford where the Charter Oak Bridge now stands.
In January of 1973, the Barque Eagle Division was officially recognized as a unit of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
The Division was named after USCGC Eagle, the Coast Guard tall ship home ported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
www.barque-eagle.addr.com /history.htm   (241 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Safety and Security Zones: USCGC EAGLE Port Visit--Salem Harbor, Massachusetts
The safety and security zones would temporarily close all waters within a 100 yard radius of the USCGC EAGLE while underway off the coast of Massachusetts in United States territorial seas, and while moored at the PG and E Pier in Salem Harbor, Salem, MA.
The USCGC EAGLE presents a possible target of terrorist attack, because it is a prominent and highly visible public vessel.
The safety and security zones would be in effect while the USCGC EAGLE is transiting within the navigable waters of the United States and while moored at the PG and E Pier from August 9, 2002, to August 12, 2002.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/July/Day-11/i17474.htm   (1855 words)

  
 The Eagle has landed -- dailypress.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Built for the German navy in 1936 as a training vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Eagle - formerly the Horst Wessel - was taken as a war prize by the United States after World War II.
The Eagle, commissioned into Coast Guard service in 1946, is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. maritime services.
The Eagle will be moored at Waterside through the weekend and will be open to public tours from 10 a.m.
www.dailypress.com /news/local/newport_news/dp-01962sy0aug11,0,2598636.story   (676 words)

  
 USNSCC Barque Eagle Division - History
The Barque Eagle Division was founded in 1972 by a group of Naval Reservists from the Reserve Center formerly located in Hartford where the Charter Oak Bridge now stands.
In January of 1973, the Barque Eagle Division was officially recognized as a unit of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
The Division was named after USCGC Eagle, the Coast Guard tall ship home ported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
www.barque-eagle.org /About/DivisionHistory/tabid/54/Default.aspx   (249 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Safety and Security Zones; USCGC EAGLE Port Visit--Salem Harbor, MA
The safety and security zones close all waters within a 100- yard radius of the USCGC EAGLE while underway off the coast of Massachusetts in United States territorial seas, and while moored at the PGandE Pier in Salem Harbor, Salem, MA.
The CGC EAGLE presents a possible target of terrorist attack, because it is a prominent and highly visible public vessel.
These temporary safety and security zones are being established to safeguard the CGC EAGLE (a training vessel for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy), persons on the vessel, the public, and surrounding communities from sabotage or other subversive acts, accidents, or other events of a similar nature.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2002/August/Day-09/i20245.htm   (1509 words)

  
 USCGC George Cobb, WLM 564 Coat of Arms
SHIELD:  Azure, a chief crested Argent thereon three pallets Gules, an escutcheon Celeste fimbriated Or charged with a silhouette of the Point Bonita Light Sable radiating two rays to either side of the lantern of the second.
The coat of arms as blazoned in full color on a white disc enclosed by a dark blue border edged on the outside with a gold rope and inscribed “USCGC GEORGE COBB” above and “WLM 564” below in gold.
CREST:  The eagle is adapted from the Lighthouse Service logo.  The eagle symbolizes the Coast Guard’s search and rescue mission by keeping a watchful eye on the sea.  The life ring embodies the cutter’s life saving mission.  The lightning bolts represent the technically advanced navigation and communications systems of the USCGC GEORGE COBB.
www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil /CoastGuard/USCGCGeorgeCobb.htm   (224 words)

  
 Amazon.com: USCGC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The oceanographic cruise of the USCGC Glacier to the marginal sea-ice zone of the Chukchi Sea--MIZPAC 78: Interim report for period July 1978-May 1979 by Robert G Paquette (Unknown Binding - 1979)
Preliminary results of the oceanographic cruise of USCGC 'Northwind' to the Greenland Sea August-September 1984 (NPS Report) by Robert H Bourke (Unknown Binding - 1984)
USCGC Dallas Med/Black Sea deployment: Regional engagement and USCG-USN interoperability (CRM / Center for Naval Analyses) by Richard D Kohout (Unknown Binding - 1996)
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=USCGC&index=blended&page=1   (361 words)

  
 USCG Barque Eagle
In addition to her regular crew of 12 officers and 38 enlisted, the Eagle carries 175 cadets and instructors from the Academy.
All cadets will sail aboard the Eagle at one time or another during their four years at the Academy.
The print is based on a painting commissioned by the Piscataqua Maritime Commission in honor of Eagle's visit to Portsmouth in August 2006.
www.usmilitaryart.com /uscg_barque_eagle.htm   (384 words)

  
 United States Coast Guard Academy - Eagle: Seagoing Classroom
Aboard USCGC Eagle, Cadets have the opportunity to apply navigation, ship handling, and engineering training they receive in classes at the Academy.
To maneuver Eagle under sail, the crew must handle more than 22,000 square feet of sail and five miles of rigging.
On the decks and in the rigging of Eagle, young men and women get a taste of salt air and life at sea and they are tested and challenged, often to the limits of endurance.
www.uscga.edu /display.aspx?id=364   (272 words)

  
 Small Boats and Cutters
The USCGC Primrose was built in 1944 and is a 100 foot inland construction tender.
She is fitted with a pile driver on the bow for construction Aids to Navigation.
The Eagle is a full rigged sailing vessel used for the training of cadets at the USCG Academy in New London, CT. The Eagle was part of the German Navy during World War II and was taken as part of the settlement following the war.
www.dirauxwest.org /AuxClipArt/boatscutters.htm   (1023 words)

  
 Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
After an absence of nearly 30 years, cadets from the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets Corps’ Barque Eagle Division once again sailed aboard the division’s namesake, the USCGC Eagle, during a weeklong voyage from Connecticut to New York City.
The Eagle is homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in Groton, Conn.
The Barque Eagle Division is sponsored by the Navy League’s Hartford Council, which also sponsors the Edson and Nimitz divisions.
www.navyleague.org /sea_power/sep_04_58.php   (1147 words)

  
 Minicraft 1/350 USS Eagle
This is, of course, a model of the US Coast Guard Cutter Eagle—the box should say “USCGC EAGLE”.
Seized as a war prize at the end of the war, the US Coast Guard christened her “Eagle”, and with a mixed crew of USCG and German personnel, sailed her to the US in 1946.
Revell produced a kit in 1/253 scale of Eagle, that has been around since the mid 1950s.
modelingmadness.com /reviews/misc/michaelseaglepreview.htm   (1459 words)

  
 USCGC Eagle on the Potomac 5/24/2006 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
USCGC Eagle on the Potomac 5/24/2006 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I know, technically it is not a Navy ship, but it's not every day you see a US tall ship go past your office.
US Coast Guard Cutter "Eagle" being towed up the Potomac in Alexandria, VA on its way to Washington, DC.
www.flickr.com /photos/jonathan/152709205   (181 words)

  
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