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Eagle

Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1890 as Almy by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, DE for Frederic Gallatin
  • Acquired by the Navy 2 April 1898 and renamed Eagle
  • Commissioned USS Eagle 5 April 1898
  • Decommissioned 23 May 1919 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME
  • Sold 3 January 1920 and renamed Reina Victoria
  • Believed scrapped in 1927.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 434 t.
  • Length 177'
  • Beam 24'
  • Draft 11' 6"
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 67
  • Armament: Two rifled 6-pounders
  • Propulsion: One triple=expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    Eagle 71k Captain Moses Lindley Wood commanded USS Eagle from 1902 to 1904. Captain Wood retired with the rank of Commodore in 1909 at his own request
    Library of Congress photo    		 Bill Gonyo
    Eagle 35k Photo taken from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships Robert Hurst
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