USS Eagle 57 PE-57

Type: Patrol Boat Class: Eagle
Builder: Ford Motor Company
River Rouge Complex
Dearborn, Michigan
Hull Number: PE-57 (July 17, 1920)
   
Ordered: March 4, 1917 Commissioned: October 15, 1919
Keel Laid: March 25, 1919 Decommissioned: December 3, 1945 (a)
Launched: July 29, 1919 Stricken: N/A
       
Fate: Sold Mar. 5, 1947.
   
Notes
(a):
Previously decommissioned Mar. 19, 1919, recommissioned before May 1923.


Commanding Officers
From
To
Name
Pre 1939
Information not available.
Mar. 1939 (a)
June 1940 (b)
Lieutenant (j.g.) E. F. Ferguson, USN (Lt. in Dec. 1939.)
June 1940 (b)
Sept. 1942 (c)
Lt. Commander H. D. Batterton, USN
Sept. 1942 (c)
June 1943 (d)
Lieutenant V. B. Staadecker, USNR
June 1943 (d)
Dec. 1943 (e)
Lieutenant (j.g.) John D. Neal, USNR
Dec. 1943 (e)
Sept. 1944 (f)
Lieutenant (j.g.) R. P. Moser, USNR (Lt. in June 1944.)
Sept. 1944 (f)
July 1945 (g)
Lieutenant H. M. Baker, USNR
July 1945 (g)
Dec. 3, 1945
Lieutenant J. W. McCloy, USNR
   
Notes
(a):
In command at this time, exact date command began unknown.
(b):
Change of command occurred between Mar. and June 1940.
(c):
Change of command occurred between June and Sept. 1942.
(d):
Change of command occurred between Mar. and June 1943.
(e):
Change of command occurred between Sept. and Dec. 1943.
(f):
Change of command occurred between June and Sept. 1944.
(g):
Change of command occurred between Mar. and July 1945.


Awards
American Defense Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal


Ship's History
Pre 1923
Information not available.
1923-1941:
Assigned to 13th Naval district for reservist training. Home yard Puget Sound.
1941-1945:
Remained on U.S. west coast and conducted training and patrol duties out of Puget Sound
and nearby bases.


Page published June 9, 2020