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The USCG Barque Eagle, a training ship, docked on May 28 at New York Harbor, then sailed to Norfolk, Va.

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The Eagle’s crew members were on deck while leaving New York Harbor.

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A carved-hand rail tip seen on the Buque Escuela Guayas from Ecuador, anchored at Pier 86 in New York on May 28. The school ship was to sail from New York to Norfolk, Va., then Baltimore and finally to Boston before crossing the Atlantic to Spain.

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Cadets on the USCG Barque Eagle charted navigation routes on May 28 while leaving New York Harbor on the way to Norfolk, Va.

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Crew members on deck the Eagle underway to Norfolk, Va.

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The Eagle docked at New York Harbor.

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Crew members on the Eagle’s deck.

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The Eagle headed to Norfolk, Va.

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A replica of Simon Bolivar's sword was a gift of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to the crew of the Buque Escuela Guayas, from Ecuador.

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A cadet made his way down a hallway in the Buque Escuela Guayas from Ecuador.

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Captain Eric Jones presented a cap with the Eagle's name to a new crew member.

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Captain Eric Jones aboard the Eagle.

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The USCG Barque Eagle.

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The Coast Guard cadets of the Eagle manned the navigation table.

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Cadet Sloane Hecimovich of Milton, Wis., took in the fading New York skyline aboard the Eagle.

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Visitors to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Complex off New York's Pier 86 walked under the Concorde while heading to visit the Ecuadorian Buque Escuela Guayas.

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Visitors and crew members left the Buque Escuela Guayas.