[dfwgator]

Why not? To the victor goes the spoils.

[Old Sarge]

Because we can.

[cripplecreek]

If its being put to good use, who cares.

[2banana]

The same reason there are Iraqi tanks on nearly every Army base in America...

[Da Coyote]

Shove it, BBC, up your left wing Obamaholes.

[vladimir998]

What a great tradition! Keep it going!

[captain_dave]

There’s a long history of using captured vessels in many Navies. For example, the UK used captured US ships in its navy following the War of 1812. Ships are expensive, so it makes sense to reuse them.

[GoneSalt]

Ban the Volkswagen.

[onedoug]

barky would like to give it back.

[SkyDancer]

Weren’t the Nazi’s a political party? Why is it always anything Germany built after the Nazi’s came to power as Nazi’s built it? Like the German soldiers - they’re always depicted as “Nazi soldiers”, etc. Just wondering not making a case. Thanks in advance.

[NorthMountain]

‘Cause the Krauts built a damn fine ship, and the USCG can put her to good use.

[GingisK]

Gee, I didn’t know ships could adopt political ideologies.

[ameribbean expat]

Same reason millions drive Volkswagens— WW2 ended 7 decades ago and the world has moved on...

Now the Greeks want to talk about the Elgin Marbles...

Oh, and BBC, congratulations on getting downsized— you’ve earned it!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/02/bbc-jobs-layoffs_n_7711932.html

[Little Ray]

Because we took it from their cold dead fingers, and it is ours now.

[PGR88]

Its war booty. The implication that somehow its “tainted” because the Germany Navy built it before WWII is just stupid.

[Smokin' Joe]

The Eagle is the flagship of the Coast Guard, and the only tall ship on active service in the US military.

Not that she's so active, but I thought the USS Constitution was still on the rolls.

[Nip]

It must have been a slow day at the BBC. The history of the Eagle has been known and documented since the mid 1960s that I personally know about. If I knew about it 50 years ago there has to be others who knew about it first.

[Mad Dawgg]

Besides, it goes back in time to the bronze age...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

So? In the Tall Ship wars of the Napoleonic era it was more important to capture a ship than sink it. You got prize money, and the ship would be refitted and turned against the enemy.

Even the Germans scuttled their iron fleets after WWI.

[KC_Lion]

Because it is a Prize of War?

You don't Spend 1 Trillion (in 1940's Dollars) and sacrifice 500,000 Men and Not Get something material out of it.