Horst Wessel / USS Eagle Coast Guard sail Ship BOW EAGLE

[ihoyos]

According the postcard the wooden Eagle of the ship is in Mystic, Connecticut, but photos of ship show eagle on bow.
does any body knows if that eagle in Mystic still there

[Xavier]

"1976 brought significant changes to Eagle. The Coast Guard added their "racing stripe" and the words 'Coast Guard' to her otherwise unadorned white hull. In addition, the eagle figurehead on the bowsprit of the ship was replaced. The original eagle figurehead now resides on display in the U.S. Coast Guard Museum in Waesche Hall at the Coast Guard Academy. Finally, in 1976, Eagle received Captain Paul Welling, her first permanent Commanding Officer since Captain Barthold Schnibbe of the German Navy. Previous Commanding Officers had been drawn temporarily from officers assigned to the Academy." source:wikipedia
recent picture of the eagle at its present location in the museum here:
https://www.theday.com/article/20120502/NWS01/305029931

[ihoyos]

So the Eagle in postcard could be a replica? still there?

[Biber]

Any photos of the bow eagle while in German service?

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Several on the net with visible eagle but have not been able to find any close-ups showing anything in detail.

Waleed

[Xavier]

the eagle in the park is now at the museum

[genstab]

The correct designation of a US Coast Guard Cutter before its name is "USCGC", not "USS", which is used for US Navy ships. The Coast Guard is only part of the Navy during wartime but still keeps the USCGC designation for its ships. At present the Coast Guard is under the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Best,
Bill in Cleveland
USCG veteran. Vietnam era