One Awesome Coast Guard Summer (Picture Heavy)

[RobR1205]

Originally Posted by OLS

Turns out I was on that very ship in 1972....It came in and tied up at New Orleans and my Dad and i went down and took a tour
of the barque. I had no idea why a ship would be called a barque, but it was cool and my dad and I got a kick out of it. Here is
a doubloon that one of the trainees gave me, they must have been there for Mardi Gras and I bet they rode in a couple of parades
and threw the doubloons as was the Mardi Gras tradition back then, now mostly gone....

This doubloon is not in as good a shape as it once was, I am sure it was shiny as it could possibly be back then, but it came out
of my personal collection, which usually meant it spent time in a sandbox as treasure or something. Funny that it seems like no
one in the USCG approved the proof, as they seem to have spelled barque, "bark".

I have a couple of coins from USCGC eagle, The current ones at least...if I have the pleasure of sending some sticks to you in the future, it would be my honor to send you one of the Eagle challenge coins! That way you have one from all those years ago and the one that we give to people today. But thanks for sharing that picture with me...i know Eagle has a rich history but it's awesome to see it first hand!

[CRIMPS]

Originally Posted by RobR1205

I have a couple of coins from USCGC eagle, The current ones at least...if I have the pleasure of sending some sticks to you in the future, it would be my honor to send you one of the Eagle challenge coins! That way you have one from all those years ago and the one that we give to people today. But thanks for sharing that picture with me...i know Eagle has a rich history but it's awesome to see it first hand!

How cool is that?!

Awesome pictures, Rob.

I, too, believe I took a tour of that boat probably 15 years ago, if that was possible. Confidence in this statement is probably hovering around 50%.

[RobR1205]

Originally Posted by CRIMPS

How cool is that?!

Awesome pictures, Rob.

I, too, believe I took a tour of that boat probably 15 years ago, if that was possible. Confidence in this statement is probably hovering around 50%.

Considering the ship was taken from Germany as a war prize during WWII, and has been with the USCG ever since, its a highly likely possibility!

Here, president Kennedy addresses the Eagle crew at the time


This picture is from a couple weeks, VADM Parker, Atlantic Area Commander, addresses the current crew...not much has changed!