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Imagery Release

Date: July 8, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell
(617) 406-9011

Boston welcomes tall ships

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Photo of Coast Guard cadet

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Cadet Michelle Leclerc (right) of East Hampton, Mass., mans the rail with her shipmates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the crew navigates through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard cadet at helm

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Cadet Tyler Dewechter, of Mount Laurel, N.J., stands watch at the helm of Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and helps to steer the ship through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard cadets looking at Boston skyline

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Cadet Michelle Leclerc (left) of East Hampton, Mass., mans the rail with her shipmates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the crew navigates through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard cadets

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Katie Turner (right), of Cincinnati, Ohio, helps with line handling aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the ship docks at the Charlestown Navy Yard Wednesday, July 8, 2009, as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard cadets plotting course

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Ashley Crouch (left) helps plot the ship's course from the bridge of Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the crew navigates through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard cadets

BOSTON- U.S. Coast Guard Cadet Michelle Leclerc (right), of East Hampton, Mass., mans the rail with her shipmates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the crew navigates through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more than 40 tall ships and naval vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

Photo of Coast Guard Cutter Eagle

BOSTON - (Left to right) The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and the tall ship Picton Castle, of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, make way toward Boston Harbor Wednesday, July 8, 2009, for the Sail Boston tall ships event. The Eagle is a 295-foot barque based in New London, Conn., and is used to train future Coast Guard officers. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)

Photo of a tall ship

BOSTON - The tall ship Picton Castle (right) of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, makes way toward Boston Harbor behind the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, Wednesday, July 8, 2009, for the Sail Boston tall ships event. The Eagle is a 295-foot barque based in New London, Conn., and is used to train future Coast Guard officers. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)

Photo of tall ship sails

BOSTON - A crewman aboard the tall ship Picton Castle, of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, adjusts the ship's sails as it makes way toward Boston Harbor behind the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle Wednesday, July 8, 2009, for the Sail Boston tall ships event. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)

 

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