NYC Brooklyn Bridge Crash Crash Mexican Marine Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc was on an annual trip for cadet training

The Mexican Marine Tall Ship, who met the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday evening, has led to a transcontinental journey in the past four decades a year as the highlight of his cadets training.

In July 1982, the Cuauhtémoc set from Spain to Mexico to Segel in July 1982.

It was part of a quartet of sister ships in Spain that, according to the Maritime Museum, was used by various Ibero -American navy.

The other three were sent to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

The majestic ship remains docked in Acapulco all year round until the cadets are completed by their studies in heroism Escuela Naval Militar, the sole training academy of the Mexican Navy.

Afterwards it usually sets a tour for over half a year – this year's round was 254 days, including 170 sails and 84 at ports from San Francisco to Australia.

The Cuauhtémoc rose on Tuesday in Lower Manhattan as the third stop in the eight -month journey of the ship around the world.

“Every port we call, and every activity we carry out will be an opportunity to demonstrate the size of our country, its values ​​and its culture. Be aware that we will be a ambassador for Mexico with every wave,” said Captain Víctor Hugo Molina Pérez to Seawaves Magazine.

Since the first process 43 years ago, the Cuauhtémoc has collected various awards and broke nautical records.

In 2006 it carried out an outline that, according to Maritime Museum, performed an astonishing 32,502 nautical miles – the longest training trip ever recorded.

The current training cruise of the ship, which was referred to as the “consolidation of the independence of Mexico 2025”, was the expulsion of the final Spanish stronghold of the Mexican territory by the Mexican Navy, according to the Mexican air and space travel and defense by the Mexican navy.

The ship is named after Cuauhtémoc, the last emperor of the Aztec Empire during the Spanish conquest in the 16th century.

He was executed by a Spanish conquistador in 1525 after being captured and tortured to obtain information about the supposed treasure, and his death fell off the rapid fall of his empire.