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PE-8
ex-Eagle No. 8


Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 10 June 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI ; Launched 11 November 1918; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 8, 31 October 1919; Designated PE-8, 17 July 1920; Sold 1 April 1931 and Named Fortitude. 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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