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PE-19
ex-Eagle No. 19



Call sign:
Nan - Easy - King - Baker
Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 6 August 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich.; Launched, 30 January 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 19, 25 June 1919; Redesignated PE-19, 17 July 1920; Struck from the Navy list 10 March 1945. On 15 February 1942 picked up survivors from the Brazilian merchant Buarque that was torpeoded by the German submarine U-432, 30 nautical miles south-west of Cape Henry in position 36º35'N, 75º20'W and landed at Norfolk, VA. Destroyed, 6 August 1946.

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 Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft.

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PE-19 70k Photo from U.S.Warships of World War One by P.H. Silverstone Robert Hurst
PE-19/PE-46 100k Eagle Boats PE-46 and PE-19 were among the few to remain on active durty as escort vessels for the Navy during the 1920s. The huge winches, which can be seen mounted on the forecastle decks, handle Eagles anchors. In the 1930s and during World War II, these winches were used to tow targets and provide salvage work. Lawrence W. Lee, Jr.
PE-19 93k c. mid 1940s
Straits of Florida
Photo enhanced by Tom Kermen		 CDR Lou Chirillo, USN, Ret.
PE-19 83k Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME
Laid up with other PEs
Portsmouth Navy Yard photo 1010		 Joe Radigan
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