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She is often home, here in New London, CT The Eagle has a hull with steel four-tenths of an inch thick. There are two full-length steel decks with a platform deck below. She is very heavy and taking to heavy seas is child-play for her.

All the USCG cadets spend some time on her during their 4-year stint at the Academy.

We like to take out of state visitors for a tour of her, when she in in port. A remarkable history...our only square-rigger.

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A friend of mine from a long time ago was a midshipman at the Academy and sailed on the Eagle three times as a cadet, and after graduation was assigned to the cutter tending her, for a fourth sail with the Eagle.

As you know, the Eagle was built as a training ship for German midshipmen, and requires manpower for everything...no power assists. She has three wheels, and in heavy seas the wheels are maned by one on each side of each wheel. Anchor’s are hoisted by manpower, sails are set and trimmed by sailors in the rigging.