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The USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) (formerly the SSS Horst Wessel) is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is the only active commissioned sailing vessel, and one of only two commissioned sailing vessels along with the USS Constitution, in American military service. She is the seventh Coast Guard cutter to bear the name in a line dating back to 1792, including the Revenue Cutter Eagle, which famously fought the British man-of-war Dispatch during the War of 1812. Each summer, Eagle deploys with cadets from the United States Coast Guard Academy and candidates from the Officer Candidate School for periods ranging from a week to two months. These voyages fulfill multiple roles; the primary mission is training the cadets and officer candidates, but the ship also performs a public relations role for the Coast Guard and America. Often, Eagle makes calls at foreign ports as a goodwill ambassador.
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USCGC Eagle under full sail in 2013 in the Caribbean Sea. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. | |
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Segelschulschiff Horst Wessel |
Namesake | Horst Wessel |
Builder | Blohm & Voss |
Yard number | 508 |
Laid down | 15 February 1936 |
Launched | 13 June 1936 |
Commissioned | 20 September 1936 |
Fate | Transferred to the United States |
History | |
U.S. | |
Name | USCGC Eagle |
Commissioned | 15 May 1946 |
Homeport | list error: <br /> list (help) United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut, U.S. |
Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Call sign: NRCB IMO number: 6109973 MMSI number: 303990000 |
Nickname(s) | America's Tall Ship |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gorch Fock-class Barque |
Displacement | Full load: 1,784 long tons (1,813 t) |
Length | list error: <br /> list (help) Overall: 295 ft (90 m) Waterline: 234 ft (71 m) |
Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
Draft | Full load: 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × 320 kW (430 hp) Caterpillar 3406 generators |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × 1,000 hp (750 kW) Caterpillar D399 diesel engine |
Sail plan | list error: <br /> list (help) Foremast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mainmast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mizzenmast: 132.0 ft (40.2 m) Sail area: 22,280 sq ft (2,070 m2) |
Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) Sail: 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) Diesel: 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) Sail: Unlimited Diesel: 5,450 nmi (10,093 km; 6,272 mi) at 7.5 kn (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
Complement | list error: <br /> list (help) Permanent: 7 officer, 50 crew When Deployed: 12 officers, 68 crew, and 150 trainees |
Notes | The Current Skipper is Captain Raymond W. Pulver, USCG |
Built as the German training vessel Horst Wessel in 1936, it served to train German sailors in sail techniques until decommissioned at the start of World War II. Given anti-aircraft armament, it was re-commissioned in 1942. At the end of the war, Horst Wessel was taken by the US as war reparations.