Title

USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)

Photographer

Courtesy of the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

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Subject

Coast Guard Cutter, full sail, Naval Air Station, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Description

USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly the Horst Wessel and also known as the Barque Eagle, is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today, along with USS Constitution which is ported in the Boston Harbor. She is the seventh Coast Guard cutter to bear the name in a line dating back to 1792, including the Revenue Cutter Eagle. (Wikipedia)

Date Digital

2018

Format

color photographic print

Digital Collection

NASFL Ships