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PE-38



Call sign (1924):
Nan - Item - Boy - Nan

ex-Eagle No. 38



Call sign (1919):
George - Cast - Nan - Boy
Eagle Class Patrol Craft:

  • Laid down 31 January 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 29 March 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 38, 30 July 1919
  • Designated PE-38, 17 July 1920
  • On 27 August 1942, PE-38 together with USS Lea (DD 118) picked up 33 survivors from the British tanker San Fabian that was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-511 about 120 nautical miles
    south-south-east of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in position 18°09'N, 74°38'W
  • Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946
  • Sold 3 March 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 615 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 68
  • Armament: Two 4"/50 gun mounts and two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Thorny-Croft Bureau Model 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
    PE-38 116k Mariners' Museum photo Catalog Number PN8685STN Bill Gonyo
    PE-34 & 38 125k Moored starboard side to PE-34 and an unidentified PE Eric Simmons
    PE-34, 38, 6, 35, 12, 7, 8, 10, 58 & 25 204k Naval History and Heritage Command states their photo NH 54315 is Mare Island circa 1919. I checked repair availabilities and yard journals at Mare Island for E Boats and determined the following: The photo was taken in December 1920 and showing Eagle boats (PE-34, PE-38, PE-6, PE-35, PE-12, PE-7, PE-8, PE-10, PE-58 and PE-25) at the subase. At the end of the wharf (far right) there are two minesweepers (Brant [AM 24] and Eider [AM 17]) with several submarines moored to these sweepers. Shipyard daily journals (deck logs) indicate that they are F-3 [SS-22] and F-2 [SS-21] Darryl Baker
    Photo added 14 April 2022
    PE-35, 7, 8, 34, 58, 25, 38, 10, 6 & 12 429k c. December 1920/January 1921
    Mare Island Submarine Base
    Bottom to top PE-35, PE-7, PE-8, PE-34, PE-58, PE-25, PE-38, PE-10, PE-6 and PE-12
    Mare Island Navy Yard photo PE 86785 Eagle Dec 1920    		 Darryl Baker
    PE-38 444k 14 March 1921
    Mare Island
    Mare Island photo
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Van Rensselaer Moore, USN - USNA Class of 19181934
    02LT Ray Andes Mitchell, USN - USNA Class of 1927
    Retired as Captain    		1936
    03LT Donald Jacob Sass, USN - USNA Class of 19301939
    04LT/LCDR Herbert Vincent Perron, USN1941 - September 1944
    05LT Frank G. Morris, Jr., USNRSeptember 1944 - December 1944
    06LT Robert A. Leach, USNRDecember 1944 - October 1945
    07LT Curtis L. Godfrey, USNROctober 1945 - 7 December 1945
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
    View the "Eagle" Class Patrol Craft PE-38
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Additional Resources and Websites of Interest
    Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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