The two-masted, gaff-rigged auxiliary schooner Etak (later Electric Light, Vega, USS Juniata, Te Vega; now Deva) was designed by New York naval architects Cox & Stevens in 1929 for American businessman Walter Graeme Ladd and his wife, Catherine (“Kate”) Everit Macy Ladd. Etak ("Kate" spelled backwards) was built at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel, Germany, and launched in 1930. She is among the largest steel-hulled schooners afloat. Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the mainsail is a four-cornered fore-and-aft rigged sail controlled at its head by a spar called the gaff. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner (IPA: ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Catherine (Kate) Everit Macy Ladd, or Kate Macy Ladd, (1863-1945) was a philanthropist who founded and endowed the Josiah Macy, Jr. ... Small shipyard in Klaksvík (Faroe Islands), reparing fishing vessels Dockyards and shipyards are places which repair and build ships. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon content between 0. ... A hull is the body or frame of a ship or boat. ...

Operation Sail 1976: T/S Te Vega on the Hudson River.

The ship has changed hands over fifteen times and has undertaken a variety of functions: private yacht, United States Navy patrol vessel during World War II, charter yacht in the West Indies and French Polynesia, research vessel for Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station, and school ship for seaborne prep school the Flint School. She is one of the few tall ships to have appeared in a feature film, the cinerama travelogue South Seas Adventure. Operation Sail refers to a series of sailing events held to celebrate special occasions and features sailing vessels from around the world. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ... Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft. ... A modern yacht A yacht (From Dutch Jacht meaning hunt) was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries. ... USN redirects here. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... A research vessel is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. ... The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County. ... Hopkins Marine Station is the marine laboratory of Stanford University. ... A school ship is a ship used for the training of students as sailors. ... The Flint School was a preparatory school founded by educators George and Betty Stoll. ... The USCGC Eagle. ... Cinerama is the trademarked name for a widescreen process which works by simultaneously projecting images from three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto a huge, deeply-curved screen, subtending 146° of arc, and for the corporation which was formed to market it. ...

Some of the ship's more colorful owners have been Hans-Wilhelm Röhl, co-owner of the Rohl-Connolly Co. (builder of the Port of Los Angeles breakwaters) and investigated in 1942 for pro-Nazi sympathies, aviation pioneer Thomas F. Hamilton, Crane Co. heir Cornelius Crane, renowned Honolulu-based skipper Omer Darr, Stimson Lumber Co. scion Harold Miller, Dutch financier (and kundalini yoga teacher) Pieter Schoonheim Samara, and Calisto Tanzi, disgraced ex-chairman of the Parmalat group. Since January 2006 she has been owned by Italian fashion magnate Diego Della Valle (Tod's et al.). General Information Founded December 9, 1907 Coordinates  - Latitude  - Longitude 33º4239 N 118º1459 W Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 7500 acres 4200 acres 3300 acres Available Berths 270 Vessel Arrivals 2,813 (FY 2004) Annual container volume 7. ... Breakwaters create safe harbors but can also trap sediment moving along the coast. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Aviation refers to flying using aircraft, machines designed by humans for atmospheric flight. ... The Crane Company NYSE: CR is an American industrial products company based in Stamford, Connecticut. ... Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... Main articles: Kundalini and Yoga Kundalini yoga is a meditative discipline, comprising a set of simple techniques that uses the mind, senses and body to create a communication between mind and body. Kundalini yoga focuses on psycho-spiritual growth and the bodys potential for maturation, giving special consideration to... Calisto Tanzi (born 1938 in Italy) is an Italian businessman notorious for embezzling an estimated eight-hundred million euros from Italian company Parmalat, which led to their downfall. ... Parmalat logo. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Tods Group is an Italian company which produces shoes and other leather goods. ...

She was built with a 200-hp American Winton marine diesel engine, which was replaced by a 400-hp English Mirrlees in the 1950s. From the mid-1990s she has had a 700-hp German MTU. Launched with a black hull, she has had white and dark-blue hulls as well. She has flown the flags of the United States, France, Liberia, Panama, The Netherlands, and Italy (current). The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... The Winton Motor Carriage Company of Cleveland, Ohio was a pioneer United States automobile manufacturer. ... A Diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906 Rudolf Diesels 1893 patent on his engine design The diesel engine is a type of internal combustion engine. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial engines. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...

Dimensions: LOA, 156 feet; draft, 17 feet; beam, 28 feet.

In the press

• Untitled Winton Engine Company advertisement w/ Etak photo (The Rudder, May 1930).
• "Die Schonerjachten ‚Cressida' und ‚Étak', erbaut auf der Fried. Krupp..." (Schiffbau – Schiffahrt und Hafenbau, January 1, 1931).
• "Modern Sailing Dream Becomes Reality Today" (Bennington Evening Banner, June 10, 1955).
• "Te Vega Cruises" (Plant Science Bulletin, No. 112, July 15, 1965).
• "Birds Observed on Various Polynesian Islands aboard the Research Ship Te Vega" (Elepaio, No. 27, 1966).
• "Aspects of the Physiology of Terrestrial Life in Amphibious Fishes" (Journal of Experimental Biology, No. 50, 1969).
• "The Living Ship Still Lives" (Yachting, January 1973).
• "»Quite normal pupils«...nur ganz billig ist für sie die schwimmende Schule nicht" (Kieler Chronik, October 4, 1974).
• "Jovens americanos gostaram de ver brasileiro sempre sorrindo" (A Província do Pará, April 15, 1975).
• "Ecology of Conus on Eastern Indian Ocean Fringing Reefs" (Marine Biology, March 1975).
• "Bermuda Gets an Early Taste of Tall Ship Fever" (Royal Gazette, May 27, 1976).
• Cover photo (The Bermudian, August 1976).
• "Marine Algae of the Te Vega 1965 Expedition in the Western Pacific Ocean" (Atoll Research Bulletin, No. 209, May 1977).
• "Eine komplette höhere Schule kam unter Schonersegeln nach Lübeck" (Lübecker Nachrichten, October 28, 1977).
• "Te Vega in Leningrad" (The Yacht, November 1986).
• "Tweemastschoener TE VEGA onder Nederlandse vlag" (Spiegel der Zeilvaart, issue No. 1, 1988).
• "An East-West Sail For the Environment" (New York Times, June 5, 1989).
• "Tweemastschoener TE VEGA van klassiek jacht tot schoolschip" (Spiegel der Zeilvaart, issue No. 8, 1990).
• "The International Program of Research on Latimeria in the 1960s" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, April 1993).
• "Benthic Marine Algae from the Maldives, Indian Ocean, Collected During the R/V Te Vega Expedition" (Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, Vol. 19, May 1993).
• "Refitting del Te Vega" (Nautica – Mensile internazionale di navigazione, November 1996).
• "«Te Vega», una nuova stella per il RINA" (Registro Italiano Navale press release, 1998).
• "Décès d'Omer Darr, pionnier du tourisme de luxe à la voile" (Tahiti-Pacifique, November 1999).
• "An Affair to Remember" (SAIL, August 2003).
• "La scheda: il Te Vega" (Corriere della Sera, January 28, 2004).
• "Yachtverlust" (Financial Times Deutschland, April 7, 2005).
• "Della Valle acquista lo yacht di Tanzi" (Corriere della Sera, January 21, 2006).
• "A Diego Della Valle il 'Te Vega' di Tanzi" (Città della Spezia, January 23, 2006).
• "In cantiere a Genova il «Te Vega» e altri 5 scafi d'epoca" (ANSA, February 2, 2006).
• "Большая мировая вода" (Novaya Gazeta monthly color supplement, May 2006).
• "Ban bèk – Barku di bella" (Èxtra Boneiru, August 8, 2006).

In books

• Report of the Army Pearl Harbor Board (Washington, D.C.: United States Army, 1945).
• Windjammer Lübeck – Kiel 1972 (Herford: Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, 1972).
• Windjammer Parade 1972 (Hamburg: Gerhard-Stalling-Verlag, 1972).
• The Tall Ships: Official OpSail '76 Portfolio (New York: Sabine Press, 1976).
• Les Antilles aujourd'hui (Paris: Éditions JA, 1979).
• Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships (London: Harrap, 1985).
• Les grands voiliers à Bordeaux (Paris: Burdin, 1990).
• Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996).
• The Superyachts – Vol. 11 (Kingston upon Thames: Boat International Publications, 1998).
• 50 Years of Ocean Discovery (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2000).
• Vele d'Epoca nel mondo (Milan: Edizioni Gribaudo, 2002).
• Vele allo specchio (Milan: Mondadori, 2006).

In moving images

• South Seas Adventure (New York premier July 15, 1958).
• "Soviet-American Sail" (America's Defense Monitor, original air date June, 24 1990).

External links

• Te Vega as a floating adjunct to the Landmark School, 1982–1990
• Stanford reunion of former Te Vega shipmates
• Soviet-American Sail in the New York Times
• Résumé of USS Juniata's wartime service
• Palmer Stevens' running history