USS Eagle 32 PE-32

Type: Patrol Boat Class: Eagle
Builder: Ford Motor Company
River Rouge Complex
Dearborn, Michigan		 Hull Number: PE-32 (July 17, 1920)
   
Ordered: March 4, 1917 Commissioned: September 4, 1919
Keel Laid: November 30, 1918 Decommissioned: September 30, 1919
Launched: March 15, 1919 Commissioned: June/July 1923
Decommissioned:
December 6, 1945
Stricken:
N/A
       
Fate: Sold Mar. 3, 1947.


Commanding Officers
From
To
Name
Pre 1923
Not available.
Apr. 1941
(a)
Lt. Commander Harmon H. Hallin, USNR
Dec. 1941 (b)
Feb. 13, 1943
Lieutenant Sigurd Hansen, USNR (Lt. Cdr in Mar. 1942)
Feb. 13, 1943
Sept. 1943 (c)
Lt. Commander Merritt Barton, USNR
Sept. 1943 (c)
Dec. 1943 (d)
Lt. Commander David R. Wallace, USNR
Dec. 1943 (d)
Sept. 9, 1944
Lt. Commander Merritt Barton, USNR
Sept. 9, 1944
Oct. 1945 (e)
Lt. Commander David R. Wallace, USNR
Oct. 1945 (e)
Dec. 6, 1945
Lieutenant William A. Saleebey, USNR
   
Notes
(a):
Confirmed in command during Apr. 1941, dates of command not available.
(b):
Change of command occurred between Apr. 1941 and Dec. 1941, exact date unavailable.
(c):
Change of command occurred between June and Sept. 1943, exact date unavailable.
(d):
Change of command occurred between Sept. and Dec. 1943, exact date unavailable.
(e):
Change of command occurred between July and Oct. 1945, exact date unavailable.


Awards
American Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal


Ship's History
Sept. 4, 1919:
Commissioned.
Sept. 30, 1919:
Decommissioned.
June/July 1923:
Recommissioned.
July 1923:
Assigned to the 13th Naval District for reserve training, home yard Mare Island,
Vallejo, CA.

Mar. 1924:
Home yard moved to Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington.
July 1932:
Assigned to 12th Naval District, Homeport San Francisco, California.
1940:
Partially disarmed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, converted into a minesweeper.
Commenced minesweeping duty off San Francisco, California into Feb. 1942.

Feb. 1942:
Completely disarmed at San Diego, California and fitted for training duty as a sound
training ship. Continued this duty until the end of the war.

Dec. 6, 1945:
Decommissioned.



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