Eagle, 1805
Any of the various large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, including members of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus, marked by a powerful hooked bill, long broad wings, and strong, soaring flight.
Builder: Unknown
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Cost: $
Commissioned: 1805 (purchased)
Decommissioned: September, 1806 (wrecked)
Disposition: Repaired and sold back into commercial service
Rig: Schooner
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Cutter History:
According to Historian and Coast Guard Veteran GMCM William R. Wells, II, USCG (Ret.), who discovered information regarding the third cutter to bear the name Eagle:
“It will fall in line as No. 3 and was a schooner purchased at Charleston in 1805 and served until wrecked in a September 1806 storm that pushed here onto James Island from her anchorage in the Cooper River. She was sold back into commercial service in 1807. She was under the command of James Payne who died in November 1806. They went out together.”
Sources:
GMCM William R. Wells, II, USCG (Ret.)