The Eagle is a three-masted sailing barque with 21,350 square feet of sail. It is home ported at the CG Academy, New London, Connecticut. It is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. maritime services. She is one of five such training barques in world.
Builder~Blohm & Voss Shipyards, Hamburg, Germany
Commissioned 1936 (German Navy); 15 May 1946 (U.S. Coast Guard)
Length 295' ~ Beam 39' 1" ~ Draft 17' 6" full load ~ Displacement 1,784 tons full load
Powerplant 1 x Maschinenfabrik-Augsburg-Nurnberg diesel direct reversible with reduction gear producing 750 horsepower (1965); 1 x Caterpillar diesel engine (1980)
Top speed 17 knots (under sail) maximum 10 knots (diesel engine only) maximum; 7.5 knots cruising with 5,450 mile range under diesel power only
Complement ~ 19 officers, 46 crew, 175 cadets and instructors