The USCG-Training Bark
Eagle-class Training Bark
Displacement of 1,816 tons. Speed of 17kts under sail, 10.5kts on auxiliary diesel. Crew of 65 +175 cadets. Armament of small arms only.
The former Kriegsmarine training bark Horst Wessel. Taken as reparation after WWII in January 1946 and assigned to the USCG Academy at New London CN. She is used to train USCG cadets on summer cruises. Carries up to 21,350 square feet of sail.
Source material is the “13th and 14th Editions, The Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet” and “Combat Fleets of the World: 1993”
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