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PE-2
ex-Eagle Boat No. 2

Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down, 10 May 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched, 19 August 1918; Commissioned USS Eagle Boat No. 2, 7 November 1918. Served with the Northern Russia Detachment U.S. Naval Forces, Northern Russia, in 1919 under the command of LT John Whalon, USN. Designated PE-2, 17 July 1920; Struck from the Navy list 23 April 1030; Sold, 11 June 1930. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 615 t.; Length 200' 9"; Beam 33' 1"; Draft 8' 6"; Speed 18.3kts; Complement 61; Armament two 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..

Size	Image Description	Source
162k	PE-2, PE-3 and PE-4 under construction National Archives photo	Dan Treadwell
117k	6 September 1918 National Archives photo	Dan Treadwell
152k	30 October 1918 National Archives photo	Dan Treadwell
143k	30 October 1918 Undergoing her final fitting out before joining the fleet. Note the stern mounted depth charge racks, among the earliest applied to a naval combatant. National Archives photo	Original photo: Lawrence W. Lee, Jr. Replacement photo: Dan Treadwell
108k	USS Eagle 2 (PE-2) on builder’s trials in 1918.	Naval Historical Center

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PE-2ex-Eagle Boat No. 2

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PE-2
ex-Eagle Boat No. 2