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Six Op Sail events have been held to date, in 1964, 1976, 1986, 1992, 2000 and 2012. The event culminates in the Parade of Ships on the Hudson River and in New York Harbor on July 4, Independence Day. The United States Coast Guard cutter Eagle has been the host vessel to all six Op Sail events.
1976 - New York Harbor – Fourth International Naval Review in honor of the United States Bicentennial. Set to coincide with Op Sail 1976 , which included USS Forrestal as host ship on whose flight deck on 4 July the President rang in the Bicentennial.
Among her various training deployments, Eagle has participated in various Tall Ship races and events, including the Operation Sail events of 1964, 1976, 1986, 1992, 2000 and 2012. Most notably, Eagle led the parade of ships into New York Harbor during the American Bicentennial OpSail of 1976.
—Official publication of Op Sail 1976. Includes photo and descriptive text. Regina participated in the Op Sail bicentennial parade of ships at New York City, and four years later celebrated Boston's 350th anniversary in the Parade of Sail 1980. Oxenhorn, Harvey (1990). Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic. New York: Harper & Row.
Christian Radich sailed to the United States in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration, and partook in the Operation Sail parade in New York Harbor on 4 July 1976. The ship also appeared in the 1970s BBC TV series The Onedin Line, as one of James Onedin's ships. [3]
Along with Nils Hansell, Braynard launched the world's first Operation Sail, an extravaganza in which tall ships and naval vessels filled New York harbor, in 1964. He was chief organizer for OpSail 76, marking the bicentennial of the United States of America .
The Etak has been renamed several times, her subsequent names being Vega, USS Juniata and Te Vega.She is currently Deva.. The ship has changed hands over fifteen times and has undertaken a variety of functions: private yacht, United States Navy patrol vessel during World War II, charter yacht in the West Indies and French Polynesia, research vessel for Stanford University's Hopkins Marine ...
He was the Curator of the USS Torsk Submarine (Inner Harbor Baltimore). He was a National Board Member of Operation Sail 1976 and the Director of Op Sail 1976 in Baltimore. He was a founder of the American College of Heraldry and Arms. He was born in Baltimore and died in Herndon, Virginia.