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PE-29



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Easy - Xray - Nan

ex-Eagle No. 29



Call sign (1919):
George - Cast - Mike - Love
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 18 November 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 8 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 29, 20 August 1919
  • Designated PE-29, 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 mounts, one 3"/50 mount, two .50 cal. machine guns and one Y-gun depth chage projector
  • Propulsion: Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.
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    PE-29 185k At the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, circa late 1920. The four large funnels behind her belong to USAT Mount Vernon
    Photographed by H. J. Darley, Charlestown, Massachuetts
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 96683    		 Mike Green
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