San Francisco CA (July 23, 2008) - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel Silver Charm, with Cox'n Linder Vetter, of Coyote Point Flotilla 19 (11NR), escorts Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, a three-masted sailing barque with 21,350 square feet of sail during Festival of Sail Parade in San Francisco Bay. The New London, Conn., based cutter's hull is built of steel four-tenths of an inch thick and has two full length steel decks with a platform deck below. Commissioned in 1946, Eagle is the oldest ship of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet. Photo by Eric J. Hebert, USCGAux.
VIRIN: 080723-G-1286H-505
USCG Photo by Eric J. Hebert, USCGAUX
Photo Corps, Public Affairs Department
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Department of Homeland Security
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