America’s tall ship, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), broke out canvas to depart Fort Trumbull in New London, on Saturday to begin the training vessel’s annual three-month summer cruise. Some 88 years young, she is carrying her fifth, recently installed, figurehead on her bow, in addition to a working cargo of mids.
For those not already aware, Eagle, a trophy ship from WWII, is a majestic 295-foot, three-masted barque used as a training vessel for future officers of the USCG and NOAA and is simultaneously the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service.
Eagle’s 2024 full summer schedule includes port visits to:
- May 25 – May 28: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- June 4 – June 7: Cartagena, Colombia
- June 14 – June 17: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- June 24 – June 27: Bridgetown, Barbados
- July 7 – July 10: Hamiliton, Bermuda
- July 18 – July 21: Halifax, Nova Scotia
- July 26 – July 29: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- Aug. 2 – August 5: Rockland, Maine
- Aug. 9 – August 12: Boston, Massachusetts
Eagle is scheduled to return to New London on Aug. 16.
A more detailed look at her sked:
If you have a chance to visit her, you will not be disappointed.