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USCGC McGourty
ex-USS Eagle No. 16

Eagle No. 16 served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.
Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 22 July 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched 11 January 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 16, 5 June 1919; Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1919 at New London, CT; Commissioned USCGC McGourty 19 December 1919; Operated out of Baltimore, MD; Decommissioned 16 November 1922 and sold. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 710 t.; Length 200' 9"; Beam 25' 9"; Draft 13' 6"; Speed 18.32 kts.; Complement 68; Armament one 4"/50 gun mount and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two Thorny-Craft Bureau Model boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.

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Eagle Boat 16 199k c. 1919
Charles L. Northrop collection		 Chuck Northrop
Great Grandson of Charles L. Northrop, ships cook
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