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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, Michigan
  • Launched 11 July 1918
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 1, 27 October 1918
  • Designated PE-1, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 23 April 1930
  • 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 mount, one 3"/50 gun mount and 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PE-1 155k 16 June 1918
    National Archives photo.    		 Dan Treadwell
    PE-1 126k 11 July 1918
    National Archives photo
    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.
    PE-1 121k 30 October 1918
    National Archives photos
    PE-1 150k
    PE-1 44k 22 May 1919
    Operating in northern waters with U.S. Naval Forces, Northern Russia    		 The Sub Chaser Archives
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Walter L. Hawk, USN27 October 1918
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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