US Coast Guard Eagle visits NYC this weekend

[Philippe]

No pictures to post yet, but in case anyone is around this weekend the Eagle will be putting into port for a couple of days.

Here's an article about the ship from the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33543706

(The first link was the one I originally meant to post)

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33680133

To get the official details of the visit you need to log onto Facebook and poke around in US Coast Guard Northeast.

The Eagle will be docked at Pier 5 in Brooklyn (at the end of Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights).

It will be possible to visit the ship Friday, Saturday, and (I think) Sunday.  I don't do Facebook so I'm getting this second-hand from my girlfriend who does and who likes tall ships (who doesn't).

I prefer 17th and 18th century sailing ships, but the Eagle (formerly the Horst Wessel) is war loot from WW II.

We'll be visiting the ship Friday or Saturday (probably Saturday morning), so with any luck I can post one of my girlfriend's pictures.

[steve58]

I never knew the history of the USCGC Eagle.  Thanks!

[FarAway Sooner]

That's a great article.  I also loved the role that ship played in S.M. Stirling's Island in the Sea of Time and others in that series...  O0

[bob48]

I enjoyed that - very interesting - thanks for the link.

[LongBlade]

Cool story. Thanks!

[Staggerwing]

That's a great article.  I also loved the role that ship played in S.M. Stirling's Island in the Sea of Time and others in that series...  O0

Damn you! Now I have to start that series as well!