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'''USCGC ''Eagle''''' may refer to:
[[Image:Eagle(ship) 1.JPG|thumb|right|USCGC Eagle]]
Two ships of the [[United States Coast Guard]] have borne the name '''USCGC ''Eagle''''', in honor of the [[eagle]], any of the various large birds of prey of the family [[Accipitridae]], including members of the genera ''Aquila'' and ''Haliaeetus'', marked by a powerful hooked bill, long broad wings, and strong, soaring flight. Four ships of the [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]], an antecedent of the Coast Guard, had also been named "Eagle".


* The first, [[USCGC Eagle (1925)|''Eagle'' (1925)]], was a [[CLASS class TYPE|''100-Foot'']] [[patrol boat]], commissioned in 1925. She was decommissioned in 1936 and transferred to the [[U.S. Navy]].
*{{USCGC|Eagle|1925}}, was a [[patrol boat]], commissioned in 1925 and transferred to the U.S. Navy in 1936


* The second, [[USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)|''Eagle'' (WIX-327)]], is a [[Gorch Fock (1933)|''Gorch Fock'']]-class [[barque]], launched in [[Germany]] in 1936 as ''Horst Wessel''. She was taken as a war prize by the United States, and was commissioned in 1946 into the Coast Guard. She is still in active service, harbored in New London, CT.
*{{USCGC|Eagle|WIX-327}}, is a [[Gorch Fock (1933)|''Gorch Fock'']]-class [[barque]], taken as a war prize by the United States and commissioned into the Coast Guard in 1946; she is still in active service


== See also ==
;See also
* [[USRC]] [[USRC Eagle|''Eagle'']]
*[[USRC Eagle|USRC ''Eagle'']]
* [[USS Eagle|USS ''Eagle'']]
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== External links ==
*[http://www.hnsa.org/ships/eagle.htm HNSA Web Page: USS Eagle]
*[http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/webcutters/cutterlist.asp USCG list of cutters]


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Revision as of 03:29, 10 November 2010

USCGC Eagle may refer to:

See also