The American Eagle is a two-masted schooner launched in 1930 that is one of the last of its type built in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her original name was Andrew and Rosalie.
As American Eagle, the schooner fished as a trawler from 1942 until July 1983, the majority of that time under the ownership of Gloucester brothers John, Joe, and Gus Piscitello, who acquired her in 1945.
She is currently owned and Captained by John Foss, who rebuilt her for the cruise ship trade. She spends summers cruising Penobscot Bay in Maine on 3-7 day cruises, though she generally takes one longer cruise per year to places like Grand Manan island in Canada. She is one of the few schooners in Maine that goes on longer cruises, and one of the few that goes offshore looking for whales. She also generally returns to Gloucester every year.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.
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