Subdeacon Joe Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Nice flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 A beautiful ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 War prize~! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 A beautiful ship, and an awesome branch of the service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Question: if the wind is blowing for behind or alongside the ship how is it the flag appears to be blown by a wind blowing in the opposite direction. Beautiful flag no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Question: if the wind is blowing for behind or alongside the ship how is it the flag appears to be blown by a wind blowing in the opposite direction. Beautiful flag no matter what. Kind of an illusion... Our vantage point is abaft her port beam - she's actually headed away from us a bit to starboard. The wind is forward of her starboard beam - try to visualize the sails as airfoils. The flag is probably waving sinuously, and the camera caught it at the perfectly picturesque position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Kind of an illusion... Our vantage point is abaft her port beam - she's actually headed away from us a bit to starboard. The wind is forward of her starboard beam - try to visualize the sails as airfoils. The flag is probably waving sinuously, and the camera caught it at the perfectly picturesque position. ....... some dandy $10 words in this essplanayshun ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 ...... ...... some might be worth $15, .... or even $20 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFY Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 through the gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiepan Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Semper Paratus !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Length Overall: 295 ft (90 m) Waterline: 234 ft (71 m) Beam 39 ft (12 m) Draft Full load: 17.5 ft (5.3 m) Propulsion 1 × 1,200 hp (890 kW) MTU 8V 4000 diesel engine Sail plan Foremast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mainmast: 147.3 ft (44.9 m) Mizzenmast: 132.0 ft (40.2 m) Sail area: 22,280 sq ft (2,070 m2) Speed Sail: 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) Diesel: 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiepan Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I actually got to see the Eagle at New London, It was sure a awesome sight . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 2:39 AM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ...... ...... some might be worth $15, .... or even $20 ..... And that’s USD not AUD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 https://www.uscga.edu/eagle/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 And for those who don’t know the history of Eagle…. Quote Built at the Blohm + Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936, and commissioned as Horst Wessel, Eagle is one of three sail-training ships operated by the pre-World War II German navy. At the close of the war, the ship was taken as a war reparation by the U.S., re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and sailed to New London, Connecticut, which has been her permanent homeport ever since. Eagle has offered generations of Coast Guard Academy cadets, and more recently officer candidates, an unparalleled leadership experience at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El CupAJoe Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I had the pleasure of visiting the eagle when I was quite young as we visited my uncle at the Coast Guard Academy, he has since retired from the CG as any further promotions would have removed him from the flight line and went on to serve as a Navy pilot and Alaska Air pilot, at least a little while longer until the Fauci Ouchy dictates ground him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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