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Awesome, Thanks for sharing
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Badass pictures!
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Turns out I was on that very ship in 1972....It came in and tied up at New Orleans and my Dad and i went down and took a tour
of the barque. I had no idea why a ship would be called a barque, but it was cool and my dad and I got a kick out of it. Here is a doubloon that one of the trainees gave me, they must have been there for Mardi Gras and I bet they rode in a couple of parades and threw the doubloons as was the Mardi Gras tradition back then, now mostly gone.... http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/a...oubleoon-1.jpg This doubloon is not in as good a shape as it once was, I am sure it was shiny as it could possibly be back then, but it came out of my personal collection, which usually meant it spent time in a sandbox as treasure or something. Funny that it seems like no one in the USCG approved the proof, as they seem to have spelled barque, "bark". |
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Never knew they had such a ship. Badass.
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This was....wait, first thank you, and back to the doubloon. At Mardi Gras, the throws used to be a combination
of beads, which ranged from czech glass beads (necklaces) and plastic necklaces from Taiwan, trinkets which are just more plastic toys from the far east, squirt guns, back scratchers, junk toys, and lastly doubloons. These are silver and occasionally varied color aluminum coins with the Carnival krewe's logo on one side and parade theme on the other side. They would throw many hundreds of thousands over the weeks of Mardi Gras and while they are similar to challenge coins, they are much cheaper and lighter. The coin I have was likely produced JUST for Mardi Gras, and there would likely have been another doubloon produced for the bicentennial celebration in 1976. I think challenge coins are much more expensive to produce and "mean much more" to the people that give them out to others. ALL that said, thanks for your thoughts and your service and the best of luck to you in your career. If that coin exchange takes place, I would keep it with my doubloon collection which is already two generations old. That's not much, but one day it will be a neat historical record. Thanks again. |
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This is one of the coolest photos Ive ever seen! Thank you for your service. My brother in law is Commander of the Pacific Strike Team http://www.uscg.mil/hq/nsfweb/PST/welcomeaboard.asp |
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Thanks for sharing the pics. Very cool.
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Awesome pictures, Rob. I, too, believe I took a tour of that boat probably 15 years ago, if that was possible. Confidence in this statement is probably hovering around 50%. |
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Great pics Rob, thanks!!
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Fantasitc pics. The view and feeling from up on that mast must have awesome.
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On the flip side, getting woke up at 0100 and having to climb up during a gale was not so fun! Great experiences nonetheless :tu |
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Here, president Kennedy addresses the Eagle crew at the time http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/...2/eaglejfk.jpg This picture is from a couple weeks, VADM Parker, Atlantic Area Commander, addresses the current crew...not much has changed! http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/...2/eaglenow.jpg |
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When you said she was taken as a war prize in WWII, I thought for a minute she might have been the SMS Seeadler, but I see that ship was WWI vintage and was lost to a reef. I remember reading about her when I was a boy. Even though I am a power boater and don't know much about blow boats, I have always been fascinated by them.
I am sure your tour on the Eagle will be one of many high points in your career, and your life! |
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