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Re: Fleet Week
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lugnet.pirates
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Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:01:55 GMT
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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:
http://www.denmarkemb.org/tall_denmark.html
Like EAGLE, it's also a training ship, graduating ordinary seamen. During
WWII, DANMARK stayed in U.S. waters and trained U.S. Coast Guard cadets
under the Stars and Stripes.
In September DANMARK heads for Spain, Ireland and the U.K.
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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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