Eagle Departing Baltimore-1976

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>U.S.C.G. </U></B><I><B><U>EAGLE</U></B></I><B><U> DEPARTING BALTIMORE HARBOR - 1976</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=175 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eagle leaving Baltimore Harbor Under Ful"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gazela Primiero Departing Baltimore1977"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3cf9a990.gif" border=0 width="154" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>United States Coast Guard training ship </B><B>Eagle</B><B> was docked on the West side of Pier 3 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor during her Bicentennial Celebration visit to Baltimore in 1976.  Acquired from Germany after the end of WWII as the Horst Wessel (sister ship of the original </B><B>Gorch Fock</B><B>), the 295' </B><B>U.S.C.G Eagle</B><B> has served the U. S. Coast Guard as a training ship since that time.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Bicentennial visit of the tall ships to Baltimore took place from July 10 to July 18, 1976 immediately following their visit to New York harbor over the Fourth of July.  Prior to the Bicentennial the red white and blue stripes on the bow was already part of the standard  paint scheme for of all Coast Guard boats and ships except the Eagle.  The  stripes were added to the Eagle for the Bicentennial event and this was the first time they were formally displayed to the Public.  There was a great deal of public controversy over the stripes at the time with the purists insisting that the new stripes were inappropriate for the Eagle and that they marred her classic beauty.  Coast Guard tradition and public approval, however, won out and the stripes remained.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>She departed Baltimore Harbor under full sail and was assisted by the Baker-Whiteley tugboat Britannia.  The Britannia was built in 1942 at Newburgh, New York as the Thomas A. Mesesck.  In 1956 she was acquired by the Baker-Whiteley Coal Company of Baltimore and renamed Britannia (she replaced an earlier steam tugboat of that name operated by the Company).  In the 1980s the McAllister Towing Company took over Baker-Whiteley.  Under McAllister Britannia retained her name and was eventually moved to work in New York harbor.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Since 1976 the Eagle has been a regular visitor to Baltimore.  In addition to her many public appearances here she also comes to Baltimore every two years or so for maintenance and repair at the U. S. Coast Guard yard in nearby Curtis Bay.  The “Yard”, as it is known locally, is the only such facility operated by the Coast Guard.  It is a full facility ship yard fully capable of not only servicing  Coast Guard Vessels of all sizes but also building the full range of new vessels as needed.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>