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While enroute to the Port of Baltimore and conducting a tour for visitors and the media, Coast Guard Food Service Specialist 3rd Class Donna Urton of Mobile, Ala., points out a plaque commemorating the maiden voyage of the Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) from Bremerhaven, Germany, to New London, Conn., which occurred after World War II in 1946 and the ship was acquired by the United States as a war prize. Urton is a self-professed history buff and proud member of the Eagle crew. In Baltimore, Eagle joined other naval vessels from the United States and other maritime nations in commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." During their visit to the city, the public is welcomed to tour the ships, affording them an opportunity to better understand sea power and its importance to ensuring the unobstructed access to and free use of the world’s oceans, which are essential to our national welfare and prosperity, just as it was in 1812 when the United States Navy and the Revenue Cutter Service (later renamed the U.S. Coast Guard) went to war to defend and has been protecting ever since.
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 06.15.2012 23:27 |
| Photo ID: | 604394 |
| VIRIN: | 120614-N-CG900-045 |
| Resolution: | 4341x3260 |
| Size: | 3.11 MB |
| Location: | CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND, US |
| Web Views: | 50 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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