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Horst Wessel (USCGC Eagle) commissioned

On 17 September 1936, Gorch Fock-class sail training ship Horst Wessel was commissioned into the German Navy.
After WWII she became part of the USCG as war reparations and was commissioned by Captain Gordon McGowan as the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle on May 15 1946.

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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

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