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PE-51



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

ex-Eagle No. 51



Call sign (1919):
George - Have - King - Mike
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 10 March 1919 by Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 14 June 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 51, 2 October 1919
  • Designated PE-51, 17 July 1920
  • Sold 29 August 1938
  • 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, 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-59, 60, 52, 26, 51 & 44 198k 21 July 1938
    Philadelphia, PA
    Photo caption: "PHILADELPHIA - 21 July - UNCLE SAM IN BOAT BUSINESS - These six decommissioned "Eagle Boats" built during World War days to chase subs, are tied up at the Navy Yard here, awaiting the highest bidder. Navy officials will open bids Aug. 18. (AP Wire photo) (h50845pxb) 1938)"
    From Michael Strout's collection of Associated Press photos    		 Jonathan Eno
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