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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Anqi Zhao takes a magnetic bearing with an alidade as the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle enters Charleston, S.C., during Harbor Fest 2009 on June 25, 2009. The Eagle is a 295-foot training vessel taken as a war prize from Germany after WWII.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anqi Zhao takes a magnetic bearing with an alidade.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Anqi Zhao takes a magnetic bearing with an alidade as the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle enters Charleston, S.C., during Harbor Fest 2009 on June 25, 2009. The Eagle is a 295-foot training vessel taken as a war prize from Germany after WWII.

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