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PE-1
ex-Eagle No. 1


Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 7 May 1918 at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge Plant, Detroit, Mich.; Launched, 11 July 1918; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 1, 27 October 1918; Designated PE-1, 17 July 1920; Sold for scrap 11 June 1930.

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, one 3"/50 gun mount, two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two Thorny-Craft Bureau Mod. boilers, one 2,500shp Poole turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.


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PE-1 155k 16 June 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 126k 11 July 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 80k 11 July 1918.
Eagle No. 1 emerging from the builders shed.
Ford Motor Co.
PE-1 144k 11 July 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 137k 6 September 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 121k 30 October 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 150k 30 October 1918
National Archives photo.
Dan Treadwell
PE-1 44k 22 May 1919
Operating in northern waters with U.S. Naval Forces, Northern Russia. Lieut W. L. Hawk, U.S.N. in command.
The Sub Chaser Archives

View the PE-1
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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