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Public Affairs Detachment |
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| Photo Release |
Date: August 7, 2008
Contact: PADET LA |
| Coast Guard Cutter Eagle lands in Port of Los Angeles |
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LOS ANGELES- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle makes its way through Angle's Gate to L.A. Port Friday, August 1, 2008. L.A. was one of the Eagle's stops as a part of its 2008 West Coast trip. The Eagle was a war prize from Nazi Germany and is the only active square-rigged sailing ship in the United States. It was originally commissioned the Horst Wessel in 1936 by Nazi Germany where it was one of three training ships used to train navy cadets. Taken as a war prize by the United States in 1946 and renamed, the Eagle now allows the Coast Guard's future officers to apply navigation, engineering, and leadership training they receive in classes at the Coast Guard Academy to real-life challenges on the sea. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christina Bozeman
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