The Skipper & the Eagle

About this book

In January 1946 Cdr. McGowan set about refitting the former German sail training vessel for her return to America as a war prize. With the help of her German crew and US Coast Guardsmen new to sail he fitted her for sea then sailed her across the Atlantic to Bermuda and home to New York. On this last leg they met a hurricane which severely tested the ship and her mixed crew. They learned to pull together to sail and ultimately to save the ship.