Fort Trumbull

While visiting Tony, we had the opportunity to visit old Fort Trumbull near where the Eagle (America’s Tall Ship) was docked. The Fort was built in the 1830s as one in a string of coastline defenses (which included Fort Monroe in Hampton). Tony told us the Coast Guard Academy used to be at Fort Trumbull until the 1930s when it was moved to the other side of New London. Apparently he was disappointed that the academy was not moved elsewhere, like Florida. In any case, the Fort was well preserved and has been turned into a state park, though the interior of the fort was closed off when we were there. We were able to get near the Eagle, which was docked across the river from Electric Boat which makes most of the submarines for the Navy. The enlisted Coast Guard people on the Eagle waved to Tony, who will soon command them! The Eagle is a weatherly tall ship we plundered from the Germans at the end of World War 2 and now used to train Coast Guard cadets. Tony will spend six weeks on her this summer in the Caribbean… tough life!