USCGC Eagle

Soundbounder · Sep 22, 2009

Drowned Rat · Sep 22, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

Best duty in the Guard some say.

Only ship in the Coast Guard built and originally commissioned by Adolph Hitler.

Soundbounder · Sep 23, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

Drowned Rat said:
Best duty in the Guard some say.

Only ship in the Coast Guard built and originally commissioned by Adolph Hitler.

I only learned about that recently.
Taken as a war reparation at the end of WWII.

Soundbounder · Sep 29, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

President Kennedy addressing cadets aboard the Eagle, 1962

BLU LUNCH · Sep 29, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

Is the ship still there, I am local and did not see any thing about it......

Soundbounder · Oct 1, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

BLU LUNCH said:
Is the ship still there, I am local and did not see any thing about it......

She is tied up still near Fort Trumbull as far as I know

Soundbounder · Oct 13, 2009

Re: USCGC Eagle

BLU LUNCH said:
Is the ship still there, I am local and did not see any thing about it......

Crossed the I-95 bridge yesterday.
She is still there.