Mexican Navy tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge was on annual transcontinental journey to finish cadet training

Source: New York Post

The Mexican Navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday night has set sail annually for the last four decades as the culmination of its cadets’ training in a transcontinental journey. The Cuauhtémoc first set sail in July 1982 across the Atlantic from Spain to Mexico. It was part of a quartet of sister ships designed in Spain to be used by different Ibero-American navies, according to the Maritimes Museum.