My good friend Captain Eric Jones asked me to visit EAGLE this weekend before she departs Baltimore's Inner Harbor. CG Barque EAGLE is the Coast Guard Academy's training ship and Eric Jones is her current captain. I am a former student of seamanship on EAGLE and now have responsibilities that include overseeing her deployments and mission success.
Everyone who serves aboard ships at sea remembers the ship they trained on. I'm very lucky to have sailed EAGLE as a cadet and now to see her train yet another class of Coast Guard cadets in the time-honored profession.
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BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle is currently in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and will be open for public tours.
The Eagle is scheduled to be available from Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, to Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, from 9 a.m., to 4 p.m.
The Eagle is the largest tall ship and the only active square-rigger in American government service. A three-masted barque, the Eagle’s foremast and mainmast carry square sails while her mizzenmast carries fore and aft sails.
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