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Coast Guard Barque Eagle Returns to San Francisco After 16 Years, Opens Free Public Tours

This visit highlights the vessel’s function as a floating classroom serving future Coast Guard officers during a six-port leg of its 14-week West Coast tour

The U. S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, the largest tall ship in U. S. government service, will dock at Pier 17 in San Francisco for free tours on June 28 and July 25, 2025. The ship serves as a classroom at sea for Coast Guard recruits.

Overview

  • Visitors can tour the 295-foot ship at Pier 17 near the Exploratorium daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. starting June 23.
  • Built by Blohm and Voss in 1936 as the German Navy’s Horst Wessel, the vessel was transferred to the U.S. as a World War II reparation.
  • Eagle serves as the only active square-rigger in U.S. government service, boasting three masts, over 22,000 square feet of sail and six miles of rigging.
  • Since 1946, the Barque Eagle has functioned as a floating classroom training future Coast Guard officers in traditional maritime skills.
  • This San Francisco stop is the sixth port call on its 14-week West Coast tour, and the ship will return for another series of public tours starting July 25.