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PE-27



Call sign:
Nan - Easy - Xray - George

ex-Eagle No. 27



Call sign (1919):
George - Cast - Mike - Jig
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 22 October 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 1 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 27, 14 July 1919
  • Designated PE-27, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy Register 11 October 1945
  • Sold 4 June 1946 and scrapped at Boston, MA
    Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists sale date as July 1946
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    Specifications:

  • Displacement 710 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 68
  • Armament: One 4"/50 mount, one 3"/50 dual purpose mount and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Modified 250psi boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Eagle Boat 103k An unidentified "Eagle" towing targets Lawrence W. Lee, Jr.
    PE-27 145k Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 85472    		 Mike Green
    PE-27 148k Photographed during the 1920s, with another "Eagle Boat" alongside
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 79969
    Eagle Boat 111k Photo caption: "EAGLE 27 (PE-27) and EAGLE 48 (PE-48) are tied up abreast at Pier 6 at the Boston Navy Yard, Nov. 1940. Hammerhead Crane 7, recently moved to Pier 6 from the yard's Shipways as part of the expansion of the yard's shipbuilding capabilities, in the background
    U.S. Navy photo NY2-1371-40, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-11005    		 Stephen P. Carlson
    Eagle Boat 300k Photo from Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet, © 1945 by James C. Fahey, Associate, United States Naval Institute Tommy Trampp
    PE-19, 55, 27 & 26 176k PE-19, PE-55, PE-27 and PE-26 laid up at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME Jay Milewski
    Photo added 2 May 2020
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Beverly Armistead Hartt, USN1934
    02LT James Stroud Clarkson, USN - USNA Class of 1930
    Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously/1942)    		1937 - 1939
    03LCDR Harold C. Speed, USNR1940 - November 1942
    04LCDR Howard B. Shaw, Jr., USNRNovember 1942 - June 1944
    05LCDR William C. Riker, USNRJune 1944 - June 1945
    06LT Henry D. Haywood, USNRJune 1945 - 10 September 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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