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This is a great article about the history and mission of the US Coast Guard Barque Eagle. Do you know of any other war prizes in use by the US military?http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33543706
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Fascinating! I guess I had never thought about what we would do with captured ships.
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When it comes to taking prizes, I suppose there's a little pirate in all Coasties. This is a brief account of the Revenue Cutter Service taking prices during the Quasi War and War of 1812. During the Quasi-War with France (1797-1801), eighteen of the twenty-two prizes captured by the United States were taken by cutters unaided. Revenue cutters also assisted in capturing two others. The cutter Pickering made two cruises to the West Indies and captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and was manned by some 200 sailors, more than three times its strength. Although the cutters did not participate in the Barbary Wars (1801-1815), a number of cutter officers transferred to the Navy and fought in the Mediterranean. It was the Revenue Cutter Service that took the first prize during the War of 1812. For more, you can check the link: http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_CGatwar.asp
The U.S. Coast Guard at War: A History
In 1790 a predecessor of the U.S. Coast Guard was established by the First Congress of the United States. This newly formed maritime force did not have an official name. Rather, it was referred to simply as "the cutters" or "the system of cutters." This small force was to enforce national laws, in particular, those dealing with tariffs. At the time, these cutters were the only maritime force available to the new government under the...
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CPO Jon Campbell
While I was in boot camp the Coast Guard seized the Risky Business for the remains of a single roach under Zero Tolerance and the War on Drugs. I think we had to give it back, but some of those go fast boats we seize end up in service by various agencies. I know that the Georgian Coast Guard had one that we gave them. It turned out to be too expensive for them to operate on a regular basis, but it looked good and it served a political purpose.
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I had the pleasure of serving a short TAD tour aboard the EAGLE. We sailed from her home port in New London, CT to NYC (where we met up with the Gorch Fock, the EAGLES sister ship still used by the German Navy) then on to the Coast Guard's dry docks in Baltimore. A very fun trip with a very good crew and student crew made up of OCS folks. Her very next trip to the US West Coast I got to see her ply the waters under full sail under the Golden Gate Bridge what a beautiful sight. She is a very gorgeous lady.
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CPO Jon Campbell
I won a ride on the Eagle from the sea buoy to the dock in Charleston, but I gave the ticket to my boss who was about to retire after serving over 40 years (first as a warrant and then as a civilian). It had always been one of his dreams to sail on it. I wish I could have gone, but it was worth it to let him have my slot. Maybe someday I'll get another chance.
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I suspect that the USA used the captured CSA war prize ships for target practice perhaps until the Spanish American War in 1898. I did a search of war prize ship but found nothing other than Netherlands ships in the 1600's in an open source search.
Here is the link to the USCG Eagle's webpage
http://www.cga.edu/eagle.aspx?id=688
Here is the link to the USCG Eagle's webpage
http://www.cga.edu/eagle.aspx?id=688
Eagle: About the EagleUnited States Coast Guard Academy::Tall Ship Eagle
When in homeport in New London, Eagle rests alongside a pier on the Thames Rivernear the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Academy was originally founded in 1876 when nine students boarded the Revenue Cutter Dobbin. A series of cutters followed the Dobbin and, in 1932, a permanent shore facility was established at its present site on land donated by the New London community. Approximately 1,000 men and women attend the Academy, all of whom sail at...
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We are still using Yokosuka as a war prize including the dry dock which the Yamato was in. 50cal divots still are prominent in the concrete. We also had two Nazi heavy floating cranes. One sunk on transit, the other is at Bremerton. It's called "Herman The German". Obviously we've "acquired" a number of MIGs and other aircraft. So there are lots of prizes out there besides ships.
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CPO Jon Campbell
It used to be a much more common thing, but we haven't fought many wars with foreign naval assets recently. There are great stories about some of the ships. Few remain in service. The USS Pueblo is also an interesting war prize, and we still claim it is ours even though North Korea has held it since 1968.
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We had that in the Port of LA/LB for a long time. Always wondered what happened to that. Please take good care of it for us.
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Was stationed on her for 3.5 years. The foundation this training platform provides is vital. Saul training is still used all over the world.
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We continued to use German submarines for years after WWII, and some captured warships were used for targets.
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