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PE-34



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Item - Boy - Dog

ex-Eagle No. 34



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

  • Laid down 8 January 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 15 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 34, 3 September 1919
  • Designated PE-34, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 27 April 1932
  • Sold as a hulk 9 June 1932 and scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 710 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 61
  • Armament: One 4"/50 gun mounts, and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Mod. boilers, one 2,500shp Poole turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.
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    PE-34 & 38 125k Moored portside to PE-38 and an unidentified PE Eric Simmons
    PE-34, 38, 6, 35, 12, 7, 8, 10, 58 & 25 204k Naval History and Heritage Command states their photo NH 54315 is Mare Island circa 1919. I checked repair availabilities and yard journals at Mare Island for E Boats and determined the following: The photo was taken in December 1920 and showing Eagle boats (PE-34, PE-38, PE-6, PE-35, PE-12, PE-7, PE-8, PE-10, PE-58 and PE-25) at the subase. At the end of the wharf (far right) there are two minesweepers (Brant [AM 24] and Eider [AM 17]) with several submarines moored to these sweepers. Shipyard daily journals (deck logs) indicate that they are F-3 [SS-22] and F-2 [SS-21] Darryl Baker
    Photo added 14 April 2022
    PE-35, 7, 8, 34, 58, 25, 38, 10, 6 & 12 429k c. December 1920
    Mare Island Submarine Base
    Bottom to top PE-35, PE-7, PE-8, PE-34, PE-58, PE-25, PE-38, PE-10, PE-6 and PE-12
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo PE 86785 Eagle Dec 1920    		 Darryl Baker
    PE-34 559k 10 January 1932 Randy Wright
    Commanding Officers
    ??LT Joseph Truitt Talbert, USN - Retired as Captain1932
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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