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PE-43



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

ex-Eagle No. 43



Call sign (1919):
George - Cast - Nan - King
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 17 February 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 17 May 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 43, 2 October 1919
  • Designated PE-43, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 24 March 1930
  • Sold 26 May 1930
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 710 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 68
  • Armament: Two 4"/50 gun mounts and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 250psi boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.
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    PE-43 71k Pensacola, FL Lawrence W. Lee, Jr.
    PE-43 327k c. 1921
    Colorized photograph of PE-43 with kite observation balloon in Wet Basin of Navy Yard, NAS Pensacola, Florida
    Photo from the University of West Florida and National Naval Aviation Museum    		 David Upton
    Photo added 16 January 2022
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