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NEW LONDON, Conn. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart New London to begin summer training for more than 130 U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets on Saturday, May 8.
At 295 feet in length, the Eagle, known as America s Tall Ship, is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service. We are extremely excited to be getting back underway for a full summer training season, said Capt. Michael Turdo, Eagle s commanding officer. The opportunity to sail abroad allows us to represent the Coast Guard and the United States to the public and international community.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is scheduled to depart New London to begin summer training for more than 130 U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets on Saturday, May 8 and will visit Newport this summer. Her four day visit has her arriving on Friday, July 30th and Departing Monday, August 2nd
At 295 feet in length, the Eagle, known as “America’s Tall Ship,” is the largest tall ship flying the stars and stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service.
“We are extremely excited to be getting back underway for a full summer training season,” said Capt. Michael Turdo, Eagle’s commanding officer. “The opportunity to sail abroad allows us to represent the Coast Guard and the United States to the public and international community.”
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Coast Guard tall ship Eagle arrives in Charleston for weekend exhibits In this file image, a Coast Guard Station Charleston, S.C., 41-foot utility boat ferries visitors to the Coast Guard Eagle in Charleston Harbor on June 25, 2009. The visitors were able to ride aboard Eagle as it entered downtown Charleston for Harbor Fest 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is a 295-foot training vessel taken as a war prize from Germany after WWII. (Source: Coast Guard photo/ PA1 Bobby Nash) By Patrick Phillips | March 12, 2021 at 12:50 PM EST - Updated March 12 at 12:50 PM
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