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Re: Fleet Week
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 22 May 2002 22:02:06 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Erik Olson writes:
> Ahoy! Tall ship to port:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=175538
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> Flying the stars & stripes, in case you didn't see it from the TV blimp
> covering Fleet Week.
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> Sighted from me crow's nest overlooking the U.S.S. Intrepid in the Hudson River.
And though it's posted in .pirates, it is in fact an *anti*-
pirate!
That's the Coast Guard training ship, U.S.S. Eagle, whose
name is reserved for the USCG (thus why you'll see no Navy
ships named that) after the War of 1812 in which a tiny Revenue
Marine cutter named Eagle held off a British force for 24
hours. It is the USA's only class A tall ship; ironically
it was a German tall ship used to train Kriegsmarine cadets
(named Horst Wessel then), and it was captured and allocated
to the USA as a war prize after the war. So it's also almost
70 years old!
If you're interested in the ship, here's a link:
http://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/wixtrain.htm
(It carries a WIX number, wacky.) Nice to know it's in town--
thanks for sharing the discovery, Erik!
all best
LFB
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Fleet Week
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| That's the beauty of Lugnet. I didn't have a clue what I was taking a photo of, but Lindsay did! (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Fleet Week
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| Another tall ship post, I know it's off-topic for .pirates. The Danish tall ship DANMARK visits the U.S. from June 27. It will be in Baltimore during BrickFest. For the full schedule and about the ship, look here: (URL) EAGLE, it's also a training (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Fleet Week
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| Ahoy! Tall ship to port: (URL) the stars & stripes, in case you didn't see it from the TV blimp covering Fleet Week. Sighted from me crow's nest overlooking the U.S.S. Intrepid in the Hudson River. -Erik (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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