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PE-5
ex-Eagle No. 5

Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 28 May 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI and alloted to Italy; Transfer to Italy canceled; Launched 28 September 1918; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 5, 19 November 1919; Designated PE-5, 17 July 1920; 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 3"/50 and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine,
one shaft.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
PE-5 196k 8 July 1918
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-5 55k Dressed overall with flags trapped in the ice at Quebec, Canada Robert Hurst
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site
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