USCGC Eagle
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USCGC Eagle may refer to:
, was a "100-foot" patrol boat
, commissioned in 1925 and transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1936
, is a Gorch Fock
-class barque
, a German training vessel taken as war reparations by the United States and commissioned into the Coast Guard in 1946; she is still in active service
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, was a "100-foot" patrol boat
Patrol boat
A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...
, commissioned in 1925 and transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1936
, is a Gorch Fock
Gorch Fock (1933)
The Gorch Fock I is a German three-mast barque, the first of a series built as school ships for the German Reichsmarine in 1933. She was taken as war reparations by the USSR after World War II and renamed Tovarishch...
-class barque
Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
, a German training vessel taken as war reparations by the United States and commissioned into the Coast Guard in 1946; she is still in active service
See also
- USRC EagleUSRC EagleUSRC Eagle was one of the first ten cutters operated by the United States' Revenue Cutter Service .The Eagle has been often misidentified as the cutter Pickering, which was in fact not launched until 1798 . Eagle was built in Savannah, Georgia for service in that state's waters...