
Caption
New London, Connecticut, USA, July 2012: Crew members high up in the rigging furl the sails on the US Coast Guard cutter Eagle when it arrives at Fort Trumbull, New London, Connecticut at the conclusion of the Parade of Sail during Operation Sail 2012 aka OpSail 2012. New London is the Eagle's homeport. Originally a German vessel, the ship was built in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. The square rigger is a training vessel for US Coast Guard cadets. While underway, the Eagle's crew must handle more than 22, 000 square feet of sail and five miles of rigging, North America
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Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Marianne Campolongo
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BRK24E23_284
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