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USCGC Eagle (WIX-327), formerly Horst Wessel and also known as Barque Eagle, is a 295-foot (90 m) barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the United States Coast Guard. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today, along with USS Constitution which is ported in Boston Harbor.
SS Flying Eagle may refer to the following ships: . SS Flying Eagle (1944), a Type C2-S-AJ1 ship; renamed Del Alba in 1946; broken up in 1970 SS Flying Eagle (1945), a Type C2-S-AJ3 ship; the former Tolland-class attack cargo ship USS Venango (AKA-82); named Flying Eagle from 1952 to 1968; broken up in 1971 in Spain
Of 112 Eagle-class patrol craft planned 60 of these World War I era ships were completed, being given numbers from 1 to 60. Only three were commissioned prior to the Armistice which ended World War I and only eight saw service in World War II of which PE-56 was sunk by a U-boat.
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to bear that name, but the fourth to serve under it, as the third was renamed Hornet (CV-12) before launching (after the prior Hornet was sunk).
USNS Bald Eagle (T-AF-50) was a Maritime Commission type C2-S-B1 cargo ship delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) in May 1943. The ship was operated by WSA agent shipping companies until July 1948 when laid up in the James River Reserve Fleet briefly before beginning operation for the U.S. Army in October.
Flying Cloud had one sister ship named Northern Light, and was a second copy of the new design that produced the fastest clipper ships. Flying Fish: 1851 United States (Boston, MA) Wrecked in 1858 [a] Unknown She was launched at East Boston, Massachusetts, for Messrs. Sampson & Tappan, Boston.
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Many of Eagle ' s past commanders have gone on to serve with distinction, include ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., who served as the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2010–2014, and VADM James C. Irwin, who served as vice commandant from 1986 to 1988. In all, nie former Eagle commanders and two Horst Wessel commanders achieved flag rank. [1]