The Mexican Navy’s tall ship Cuauhtémoc — which infamously smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge — sailed out of Manhattan Saturday afternoon without incident after an emotional farewell ceremony that drew hundreds to the Hudson River.

Around 300 people lined Pier 86 beside the Intrepid Museum to wave, sing, and dance as the three-masted training vessel prepared to head home to Cozumel, ending a six-month stay in New York for repairs. 7

At 2:45 p.m., the ship’s cadets formed ranks on deck as a military band played the Mexican and naval anthems. By 3:20 p.m., the gangway was pulled and the crew began its 35-day voyage south.

“We are very proud of the Cuauhtémoc, which has been crossing the seas of the world since 1986, when it was built,” said Marcos Augustus Bucio Mujica, Mexico’s c

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