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PE-5



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Easy - Jig - George

PE-5
ex-Eagle No. 5



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

  • Laid down 28 May 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI for allotment to Italy
  • Transfer to Italy canceled
  • Launched 28 September 1918
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 5, 19 November 1918
  • Designated PE-5, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 23 April 1930
  • Sold 11 June 1930
  • 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 mounts, two .50 cal. machine guns and one Y-gun depth charge projector
  • Propulsion: Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Eagle No. 5
    PE-5 196k 8 July 1918
    National Archives photo    		 Dan Treadwell
    PE-2 40k 19 October 1918
    Eagle No. 2, Eagle No. 3, Eagle No. 4, Eagle No. 5, Eagle No. 6 and Eagle No. 7 fitting out    		 The Henry Ford - The Rouge website
    Photos added 8 November 2019
    USS PE-5
    PE-5 142k Original photo: Dressed overall with flags trapped in the ice at Quebec, Canada
    Replacement photo: Post card showing PE-5 frozen in the ice at Quebec while serving as a Naval Reserve training ship    		 Original photo: Robert Hurst
    Replacement photo: Tommy Trampp
    View the PE-5
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Ralph Laurence Dodge, USNRF19 November 1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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