Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District

Date: July 1, 2008
Contact: D13 Public Affairs
(206) 220-7237

COAST GUARD CUTTER EAGLE ARRIVES IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, also known as "America's Tall Ship", arrived in Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., flies over the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle, also known as "America's Tall Ship", as it arrived in Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - Crewmembers on board the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle stand on the bowsprit as it transited into Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - A cadet stands on one of the yards on board the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as it transited into Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - Crewmembers on board the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle stand on the yards as it transited into Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle in Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle was welcomed into Seattle today by a three boat Coast Guard Heritage Fleet, which spans more than a half century of Coast Guard history. The fleet consists of an 83-foot patrol boat built in 1944, the 65-foot buoy tender Blueberry, and an 82-foot foot patrol boat built in 1962 and formerly known as the Point Divide. (Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle passes an Edmonds, Wash., ferry today on its way to Elliott Bay, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker, U.S. Coast Guard)

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle arrives in Elliott Bay, Wash., today to make a one day stopover on its way to participate in the Tall Ships Tacoma 2008 event in Tacoma, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and Naval Academy midshipmen. The Eagle has served as a floating classroom to future Coast Guard officers since 1946 offering fundamental leadership, teamwork and seamanship skills. (Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker, U.S. Coast Guard)

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