'America's Tall Ship' US Coast Guard barque Eagle, taken as a war prize from Germany at the end of the Second World War.
EAGLE is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes and the only square-rigger in government service. A three-masted barque, EAGLE's foremast and mainmast carry square sails and her mizzenmast carries fore-and-aft sails. The ship was built in 1936 in Germany, and commissioned as HORST WESSEL, one of three sail training ships operated by the pre-World War II German Navy. At the close of World War II, HORST WESSEL was taken as a war prize by the United States, recommissioned as the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and sailed to New London, Connecticut, her only homeport since. EAGLE now serves as a seagoing leadership laboratory for future officers of the Coast Guard, the smallest but arguably the busiest of the Armed Forces. A seasoned permanent crew of six officers and 55 enlisted personnel maintain the ship and provide a strong base of knowledge and seamanship for the training of up to 150 cadets or officer candidates at a time.
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