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PE-17
ex-Eagle No. 17



Call sign (Early 1919):
George - Cast - Love - Quack

Call sign (Late 1919):
Nan - Easy - Jig - Xray
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 3 August 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Michigan
  • Launched 1 February 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 17, 3 July 1919
  • Designated PE-17, 17 July 1920
  • Struck a sandbar 19 May 1922 during heavy gale about one mile off Amagansett, Long Island, NY
  • Became a total loss 22 May 1922
  • No lives lost
  • Struck from the Navy list 11 October 1923.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 615 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 33' 1"
  • Draft 8' 6"
  • Speed 18.3 kts.
  • Complement 61
  • Armament: Two 4"/50 gun mounts, and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PE-17 49k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    PE-17 159k Hampton Roads, VA ATC Alex Hester, USN
    PE-17 72k c. 1920
    Courtesy of Mr. Donald M. McPherson, 1977
    U.S. Navy photo NH 85471    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    PE-17 212k 16 March 1921
    Norfolk Navy Yard, VA
    Donated by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo S-146-R    		 Robert Hurst
    Photo added 21 December 2021
    Commanding Officers
    PCUCDR Ralph A. Koch, USN23 July 1918
    ??LT John Charles Rickertts, USN16 June 1921
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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