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| U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle |
The Coast Guard was founded 235 years ago today. They have almost completed their tour of the west coast. This is all that's left:
- August 8 & 15 – San Diego, CA
- September 4 – Panama City, Panama
- September 18 – New London, CT
Built at the Blohm+Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, and commissioned as Horst Wessel, EAGLE was one of three sail-training ships operated by the pre-World War II German navy. At the close of the war, the ship was taken as a war reparation by the U.S., re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE and sailed to New London, Connecticut, which has been her permanent homeport ever since.
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