{"id":5139,"date":"2025-07-01T16:11:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2025-07-03T04:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T04:39:41","slug":"cadets-on-us-coast-guard-eagle-tall-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/cadets-on-us-coast-guard-eagle-tall-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadets on US Coast Guard Eagle Tall Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karen Lile boarded the US Coast Guard Eagle Tall Ship and sailed aboard her as she entered the San Francisco bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"(Audio 318) Sail Sport Talk with Karen Lile and Rick Tittle: Sherry Flummerfelt of Western Flyer\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1080057987?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training on EAGLE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USCGC\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0is a 295-foot, three-masted barque used as a training vessel for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. Known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Tall Ship,\u201d the majestic\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"5151\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6844.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5151\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6844-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6844-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5152\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6885-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facts and Figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Length of\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>: 295 ft. (roughly equivalent to a football field)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number of sails: 23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sail area: 22,227 square feet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tallest mast: 150 feet (roughly equivalent to a 15-story building)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Length of rigging: 6 miles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working crew: 55<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum people capacity: 239<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weight: 1,655 tons (<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u2019s hull and decks are made of steel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speed under sail: 17 knots (20 mph)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speed under power: 10 knots (11 mph)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gallons of fuel oil: 24,215<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weight of anchors: 3,860 lbs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of EAGLE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built at the Blohm+Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, and commissioned as Horst Wessel,\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0was one of three sail-training ships operated by the pre-World War II German navy. At the close of the war, the ship was taken as a war reparation by the U.S., re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0and sailed to New London, Connecticut, which has been her permanent homeport ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goodwill EAGLE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USCGC\u00a0<em>EAGLE\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0primary mission is training cadets and officer candidates, but the ship also performs a public relations role for the Coast Guard and America.\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0welcomes the public to visit during domestic port calls, and makes calls at foreign ports as a floating goodwill ambassador for US diplomatic relations.\u00a0<em>EAGLE<\/em>\u00a0has hosted Presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Truman<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Lile boarded the US Coast Guard Eagle Tall Ship and sailed aboard her as she entered the San Francisco bay under the Golden Gate Bridge. Training on EAGLE The USCGC\u00a0EAGLE\u00a0is a 295-foot, three-masted barque used as a training vessel for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. Known as \u201cAmerica\u2019s Tall Ship,\u201d the majestic\u00a0EAGLE\u00a0is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service. Facts and Figures History of EAGLE Built at the Blohm+Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, and commissioned as Horst Wessel,\u00a0EAGLE\u00a0was one of three sail-training ships&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-united-states-coast-guard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6776-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5160,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5139\/revisions\/5160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}