Media Advisory: Coast Guard tall ship open for tours during Fleet Week in Baltimore Harbor

Media Advisory

Sept. 26, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard 5th District PA Detachment Baltimore Contact: Coast Guard PA Detachment Baltimore Office: (410) 576-2541 After Hours: (757) 202-3429 PA Detachment Baltimore online newsroom

Media Advisory: Coast Guard tall ship open for tours during Fleet Week in Baltimore Harbor

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BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, “America’s Tall Ship,” is scheduled to arrive in Baltimore on Wednesday, Oct. 3, and open to the public on the following day throughout the weekend.

At 295-feet in length, the Eagle is the largest tall-ship flying the stars and stripes and the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service. It was constructed in 1936 in Hamburg, Germany, and originally commissioned as the Horst Wessel by the German Navy. The United States took the Eagle as a war reparation following World War II.

With more than 22,300 square feet of sail and six miles of rigging, the Eagle has served as an afloat classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946. A permanent crew of eight officers and 50 enlisted personnel maintain the ship and train up to 150 cadets at a time in the skills of navigation, damage control, engineering, and deck seamanship.

Media interested in welcoming the crew should please contact the Lt. David Radin at David.S.Radin@uscg.mil.

WHO:  Coast Guard Cutter Eagle

WHAT:  Public tours of the Eagle

WHEN:  Public tours:
Thursday, from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday - Sunday, from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. (DOD, DHS and first responders: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)  

WHERE:  Fells Point, Baltimore

For the most up-to-date information about the Eagle, including port calls, tour schedules, current events, as well as cadet, officer candidate, public affairs specialist and active duty crewmember photographs, follow the United States Coast Guard Barque EAGLE Facebook page!

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