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USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 4). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 4. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 4. Sailing Ship. The ship has undergone numerous refits since she was acquired in 1946. On July 1, 1972, the ship was returning to her berth at the Coast Guard Academy in New London at the mid-point of her annual summer cadet training cruises when she was involved in a serious accident. Despite extensive precautions, as the ship passed below the Gold Star Memorial Bridge and a twin bridge being built parallel to it, her foremast and mainmast caught the safety netting slung below the new bridge. Both masts were snapped off above the crosstrees (about seven-eighths of the way up each mast), the upper parts left hanging dangerously from the remaining upright parts of the masts. As a result, the ship had to undergo emergency repairs. In 1982, the ship underwent an extensive refit in the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay (near Baltimore, Maryland). During this yard availability her original 1936 M.A.N. diesel engine (along with its generators and evaporators) were replaced by modern equipment. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 4). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 4. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 4. This made the engine room more spacious and less noisy and hot. The new engine could be controlled directly from the quarterdeck and responded instantly, rather than after a 30-or-more-second delay common with the original engine. Additional watertight compartmentalization was also added (previously, there had been only seven). This compartmentalization included closing in cadet berthing areas, eliminating separate upper-class (fixed three-tier bunks) and lower-class (hammock) berthing and making the ship better able to accommodate male and female cadets. An enclosed pilothouse was built around the exhaust funnel on the quarterdeck. Electronic equipment (e.g., radar, navigation, and radio equipment) was updated as well. The helm station remains unsheltered and unchanged. The main helm station, also known as the triple helm, is connected via mechanical shaft linkage to the steering gear (manual worm type) located in the "captain's coffin" on the fantail along with the emergency, or "trick" wheel. Three turns of the main helm station equals one degree of rudder turn. That is why six persons are used to steer during heavy weather and while operating in restricted waterways. The emergency, or "trick" wheel is a single wheel that turns at a rate of one revolution to one degree of rudder turn. It is a bit harder to use. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 4). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 4. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 4.

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USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 3). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 3. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 3. Sailing Ship. The Eagle has a standing crew of six officers and 56 enlisted; on training missions, she carries on the average a complement of 12 officers, 68 crew, and up to 150 cadets. Each year, she takes one long training cruise to the Caribbean, the Pacific Coast, or Europe, and two shorter cruises along the U.S. East Coast. During her many years of service, Eagle has traveled to ports throughout the United States and overseas. Among her various cruises, Eagle has participated in various Tall Ship races and events including the various incarnations of Operation Sail, most notably the American Bicentennial OpSail '76. In September 1987, she undertook a yearlong cruise to Australia from her home at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 3). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 3. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 3. During this cruise Academy instructors were embarked to conduct the cadets' courses while underway. In 2005, as part of the Trafalgar 200 International Fleet Review in the Solent off Southern England, Eagle was one of a number of tall ships from several nations to be reviewed by Queen Elizabeth II, along with the U.S. Navy warship USS Saipan (LHA-2). Later that Summer, Eagle returned to Bremerhaven for the first time since World War II, to an enthusiastic welcome. In March 1998 Eagle trained her first and only enlisted members of the Coast Guard otherwise known as November-152 boot camp company. The members flew from Cape May, NJ to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico. After just 3 days of training Eagle headed out to Fort de France, Martinique, La Guaira, Venezuela, Cartegena, Colombia then finally returned home to New London for boot camp graduation. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 3). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 3. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 3.

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USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 2). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 2. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 2. Sailing Ship. USCGC Eagle is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. Maritime services. She is one of five such training barques in the world. Her sister ships are Mirlea of Romania, Sagres II of Portugal, Gorch Fock II of Germany, and Tovarich of Russia. Today's Eagle is the seventh in a long line of proud cutters to bear the name. She was built as a training vessel for the German Navy as SNF Horst Wessel. She was awarded to the United States as reparations following WWII. On May 15, 1946, she was commissioned into the U.S. Coast Guard service as Eagle and sailed from Bremerhaven, Germany to New London, USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 2). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 2. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 2. CT. Eagle serves as a seagoing classroom for approximately 175 cadets and instructors from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. It is on the decks and rigging of Eagle that the young men and women of the Academy get their first taste of salt air and life at sea. Working aloft they meet fear and learn to overcome it. The cadets handle more than 20,000 square feet of sail and five miles of rigging. Over 200 lines must be coordinated during a major ship maneuver, so cadets must learn the name and function of each line. When Eagle is in her home port of New London, she is open from 8 to 5 for self-guided tours of the main deck. Visitors enter through the main gate of the Coast Guard Academy. When at other ports of call, visiting hours are publicized by the media in the city being visited. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 2). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 2. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 2.

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USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 1). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 1. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 1. Sailing Ship. The USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) (ex-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 one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in American military service, the other being the USS Constitution. She is the seventh U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ship to bear the name in a line dating back to 1792. Each summer, Eagle conducts cruises 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 cruises fulfill multiple roles; the primary mission is training the cadets and officer candidates, but the ship also performs a public relations role. Often, Eagle makes calls at foreign ports as a goodwill ambassador. The Eagle began its existence as the Horst Wessel, a ship of the Gorch Fock class. Constructed and designed by John Stanley, the Horst Wessel was an improvement on the original design. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 1). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 1. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 1. She was larger in dimension and her spars were all steel, unlike Gorch Fock's wooden yards. SSS Horst Wessel began life as schiff ("ship") 508 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany in 1936. Her keel was laid on February 15, launched on June 13, completed on September 16, and commissioned on September 17. She was the second ship in the class to be built after the class namesake, Gorch Fock. Adolf Hitler and Rudolph Hess were present at the launch and christening. The name was given in tribute to Nazi party member Horst Wessel. SSS Horst Wessel served as the flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet, which consisted of Gorch Fock, Albert Leo Schlageter and Horst Wessel. She was commanded by Captain August Thiele and was homeported in Kiel. In the three years before World War II, she undertook numerous training cruises in European waters, but also visited the Caribbean. She was decommissioned in 1939, with the onset of the war, but served as a docked training ship until her recommissioning in late 1942. Equipped with two 20mm antiaircraft guns on the bridge wings, two on the foredeck, and two quad mounts on the waist, Horst Wessel is said to have downed three Soviet aircraft and one "friendly" German aircraft in combat. The crew had realized the German aircraft they had shot down was "friendly" while it was spiraling into the sea, and set about rescuing the pilot. When he set foot on the ship, he was furious and demanded an explanation. Upon review of the logs and radio personnel, it was determined that the pilot had been using the wrong codes for the battle group, showing the now embarrassed pilot that it was actually his fault. USCGC Eagle (wallpaper 1). USCGC Eagle ship images wallpaper gallery 1. USCGC Eagle ship pictures and images collection 1.