June 10, 2022 - The U.S. Coast Guard Tall Ship Barque Eagle transits the Galveston Channel towards Pier 21 in Galveston, Texas. Homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, the Eagle is used as a training platform for future Coast Guard officers and visited Galveston, Texas, for the first time since 1972.
Built in Germany in 1936 and re-commissioned by the United States at the close of World War II ... the 295-foot Barque Eagle is the flagship of the U.S. Coast Guard. She serves as a training vessel for cadets at the Coast Guard Academy and candidates from the Officer Candidate School.
The Eagle is the largest active tall ship flying the Stars and Stripes ... and one of only two commissioned sailing vessels along with the USS Constitution.
