ATLANTIC AREA

Portsmouth, Virginia, Official Coast Guard City
Guarding Our Homeland

BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America's Tall Ship, passes the Domino Sugar plant as it departs the Baltimore Harbor, June 17, 2012, to continue its participation in OpSail 2012. Eagle is an 1,800-ton steel hull, three-masted sailing ship with more than 21,000 square-feet of sail and more than five miles of rigging. The 295-foot Eagle is the only active commissioned sailing vessel in the U.S. military service and is homeported at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew S. Masaschi.
 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a 295-foot barque homeported in New London, Conn., watch fireworks during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, Va., June 9, 2012. OpSail 2012 Virginia is commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in hopes to inspire patriotism and foster interest in American maritime history and heritage. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn.
 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a 295-foot barque homeported in New London, Conn., is moored to the pier as the crew watch fireworks during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, Va., June 9, 2012.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn.
 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a 295-foot barque homeported in New London, Conn., watching fireworks during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, Va., June 9, 2012.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn.
 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a 295-foot barque homeported in New London, Conn., watching fireworks during Operation Sail 2012 in Norfolk, Va., June 9, 2012.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn.