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PE-24



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Easy - King - Jig

ex-Eagle No. 24



Call sign (1919):
George - Cast - Mike - Dog

Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 13 September 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 24 February 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 24, 12 July 1919
  • Designated PE-24, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 23 April 1930
  • Sold 11 June 1930
  • Fate unknown.

    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, one 3"/50 mount, two .50 cal. machine guns and one Y-gun depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.
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    PE-24 160k Panoramic photograph of the ship's officers and crew posed beside her. Probably taken at Detroit, Michigan circa 12 July 1919, when she was placed in commission
    Photographed by Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 106228
    Mike Green

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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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