USCGC EAGLE

New London, CT – This is the seventh U.S, Coast Guard vessel to bear the name USCGC Eagle since 1792. This ship was built in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg Germany. It was originally built to train cadets in the German Navy. It is now used to train American Naval officers. It was taken by the United States as a war prize in 1946. The hull is made of 4/10th inch steel and can go up to 17 knots in the open ocean.

Info at: http://www.cga.edu/eagle/about.aspx