Tall ship Eagle helps rescue

The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, the service?s three-masted sailing vessel, is not just another pretty ship. On Aug. 16. the crew of the 295-foot, square-rigged barque helped save 100 West African migrants found drifting 35 miles from the Canary Islands. At 9 p.m., watchstanders sighted two flares coming from a 50-foot vessel and launched the Eagle?s motor surfboat to investigate.

Tall ship Eagle helps rescue drifting West African migrants

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