US Coast Guard Eagle Visits NYC

Watch for the graceful Eagle to glide into New York Harbor on Friday morning, August 5. Celebrating the 75th anniversary of her construction in Hamburg, the tall ship is en route from New Bedford, Mass. to New York City, passing her home port of New London, CT, where she is used as a training ship for cadets from the Coast Guard Academy.

"At 295 feet long, Eagle is the largest tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes, as well as the only active square-rigger in the United States government service," says Hope Wright, USCG Auxiliary Division Staff Officer.