Eagle Class Patrol Boats Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
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Length: |
209' 9" (overall) |
Engines: |
1 Poole geared turbine |
Beam: |
26' 4" |
Boilers: |
2 Bureau express type |
Draft: |
7' 3" (8' 6" full load) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
505 (615 full load) |
HP: |
2,500 (SHP) |
Speed: |
18 knots |
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Complement: | 62 | Range: | 3,500 NM @ 10 knots |
Armament (as built) |
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Number |
Type |
Arrangement |
Range / Ceiling |
2 |
4"/50 Mk9 Rapid Fire |
Single mounts |
4,000 yards @ 1.8° 15,920 yards @ 20° |
1 |
3"/50 AA |
Single mount |
4,500 yards @ 4.3° 30,400' AA ceiling |
2 |
.30 cal Machine Guns |
Single mounts |
Notes |
PE-4 to 7 equipped with Y-gun depth charge projector for training only. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 1 PE-1 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 11, 1918 |
Oct. 28, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 2 PE-2 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Aug. 19, 1918 |
Nov. 7, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 3 PE-3 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Sept. 11, 1918 |
Nov. 11, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 4 PE-4 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Sept. 15, 1918 |
Nov. 14, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 5 PE-5 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Sept. 23, 1918 |
Nov. 19, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 6 PE-6 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Oct. 16, 1918 |
Nov. 21, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 22, 1930. Sunk as target Nov. 30, 1934. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 7 PE-7 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Oct. 5, 1918 |
Nov. 24, 1918 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 22, 1930. Sunk as target Nov. 30, 1934. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 8 PE-8 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Nov. 11, 1918 |
Oct. 31, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 22, 1930. Sold Apr. 1, 1931. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 9 PE-9 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Nov. 18, 1918 |
Oct. 27, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Mar. 24, 1930. Sold May 26, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 10 PE-10 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Nov. 9, 1918 |
Oct. 31, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register July 2, 1936. Sunk as target Aug. 19, 1937. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 11 PE-11 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Nov. 14, 1918 |
May 29, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Sept. 7, 1934. Sold Jan. 16, 1935. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 12 PE-12 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Nov. 12, 1918 |
Nov. 6, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Aug. 13, 1935. Sold Dec. 30, 1935. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 13 PE-13 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Jan. 9, 1919 |
Apr. 2, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Mar. 24, 1930. Sold May 26, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 14 PE-14 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Jan. 23, 1919 |
June 17, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 22, 1930. Sunk as target Nov. 22, 1934. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 15 PE-15 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Jan. 25, 1919 |
June 11, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Feb. 2, 1934. Sold June 14, 1934. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 16 PE-16 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Jan. 11, 1919 |
June 5, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard Dec. 19, 1919, renamed USCGC McGoutry. Decommissioned Nov. 16, 1922 and sold the same day. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 17 PE-17 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 1, 1919 |
July 3, 1919 |
Fate |
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Wrecked in fog May 19, 1922 off Long Island, New York, no casualties. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 11, 1923. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 18 PE-18 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 10, 1919 |
Aug. 7, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 19 PE-19 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Jan. 30, 1919 |
June 25, 1919 |
Fate |
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Destroyed Aug. 6, 1946. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 20 PE-20 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 15, 1919 |
July 28, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard Nov. 26, 1919, renamed USCGC Scally. Decommissioned Sept. 13, 1920, sold Nov. 16, 1922. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 21 PE-21 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 15, 1919 |
July 31, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard Dec. 19, 1919, renamed USCGC Bothwell. Decommissioned Dec. 3, 1921, sold Apr. 9, 1923. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 22 PE-22 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 10, 1919 |
July 17, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard Dec. 19, 1919, renamed USCGC Earp. Returned to U.S. Navy May 22, 1923. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register July 2, 1936. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 23 PE-23 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 20, 1919 |
June 19, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 24 PE-24 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 24, 1919 |
July 12, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 25 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Feb. 19, 1919 |
June 30, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sunk in storm June 11, 1920 (capsized) Location: Delaware River, off Finn's Point Light, 3 miles south of New Castle, Delaware. 9 crewmen lost, 45+ survivors picked up by SS Thomas Clyde and SS Independence Hall and landed at League Island Navy Yard. (Roll of Honor) Ship raised in July 1920, sold as hulk Dec. 20, 1921. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 26 PE-26 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 1, 1919 |
Oct. 1, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Aug. 29, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 27 PE-27 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 1, 1919 |
July 14, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold June 4, 1946. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 28 PE-28 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 1, 1919 |
July 28, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930 Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 29 PE-29 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 8, 1919 |
Aug. 14, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930 Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 30 PE-30 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 8, 1919 |
Aug. 14, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard Dec. 19, 1919, renamed USCGC Carr. Decommissioned Nov. 16, 1922 and sold the same day. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 31 PE-31 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 8, 1919 |
Aug. 14, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold May 8, 1923. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 32 PE-32 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 15, 1919 |
Sept. 4, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Mar. 3, 1947. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 33 PE-33 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 15, 1919 |
Sept. 4, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 34 PE-34 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 15, 1919 |
Sept. 3, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 27, 1932. Sold June 9, 1932. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 35 PE-35 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 22, 1919 |
Aug. 22, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold June 7, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 36 PE-36 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 22, 1919 |
Aug. 20, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Aug. 6, 1936. Sold Feb. 27, 1936. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 37 PE-37 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 24, 1919 |
Sept. 30, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 38 PE-38 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 29, 1919 |
July 30, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Mar. 3, 1947. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 39 PE-39 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Mar. 29, 1919 |
Sept. 20, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold June 7, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 40 PE-40 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Apr. 5, 1919 |
Oct. 1, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Oct. 22, 1930. Sold Nov. 19, 1934. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 41 PE-41 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Apr. 5, 1919 |
Sept. 26, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 42 PE-42 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 17, 1919 |
Oct. 3, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 43 PE-43 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 17, 1919 |
Oct. 2, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Mar. 24, 1930. Sold May 26, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 44 PE-44 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 24, 1919 |
Oct. 4, 1919 |
Fate |
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Discarded May 14, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 45 PE-45 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 17, 1919 |
Oct. 2, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 46 PE-46 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 24, 1919 |
Oct. 3, 1919 |
Fate |
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Transferred to U.S. Shipping Board Dec. 18, 1930. Returned to U.S. Navy June 13, 1932. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register June 2, 1936, sold Dec. 10, 1936. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 47 PE-47 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
June 19, 1919 |
Oct. 4, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Aug. 13, 1935. Sold Dec. 30, 1935. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 48 PE-48 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
May 24, 1919 |
Oct. 8, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Oct. 10, 1946. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 49 PE-49 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
June 14, 1919 |
Oct. 10, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register May 9, 1930. Sold Sept. 20, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 50 PE-50 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 18, 1919 |
Oct. 6, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Apr. 23, 1930. Sold June 11, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 51 PE-51 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
June 14, 1919 |
Oct. 2, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Aug. 29, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 52 PE-52 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 9, 1919 |
Oct. 10, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Aug. 29, 1938. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 53 PE-53 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Aug. 13, 1919 |
Oct. 20, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Mar. 24, 1930. Sold May 26, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 54 PE-54 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 17, 1919 |
Oct. 10, 1919 |
Fate |
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Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register Mar. 24, 1930. Sold May 26, 1930. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 55 PE-55 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 22, 1919 |
Oct. 10, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Mar. 3, 1947. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 56 PE-56 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Aug. 15, 1919 |
Oct. 26, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sunk Apr. 23, 1945 by U-853 (Oberleutnant zur See Helmut Frömsdorf) Location: North Atlantic, 6 miles east of Higgins Beach, Maine. 49 men lost, 13 survivors picked up by USS Selfridge DD-357 and landed at Portland, Maine. (Roll of Honor) |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 57 PE-57 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
July 29, 1919 |
Oct. 15, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Mar. 5, 1947. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 58 PE-58 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Aug. 2, 1919 |
Oct. 20, 1919 |
Fate |
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Discarded June 30, 1940. |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 59 PE-59 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Apr. 12, 1919 |
Sept. 19, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Aug. 29, 1938 |
Name | Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Eagle 60 PE-60 |
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex Dearborn, Michigan |
Aug. 13, 1919 |
Oct. 27, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sold Aug. 29, 1938. |
All Eagle boats were originally numbered 1- 60 (Eagle 1 etc.) they were designated with hull numbers PE-1 to PE-60 as of July 17, 1920 when the Hull Classification System was implemented. |
Order for Eagle's 61-112 was cancelled Nov. 30, 1918. |
* All boats transferred to the Coast Guard were named in honor of men lost in USCGC Tampa Sept. 26, 1918. |