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PE-42
ex-Eagle No. 42

Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 13 February 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched 17 May 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 42, 3 October 1919; Designated PE-42, 17 July 1920; Sold for scrap 11 June 1930 at Roxbury, MA; Scuttled in Massachesetts Bay 15 May 1931.

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-42 259k 15 November 1920
At the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. The destroyers Israel (DD 98), Taylor (DD 94) and Ringgold (DD 89) are in the background. Photo taken from PE-59.
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 167k 15 November 1920
PE-59 undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. PE-42 is directly astern of PE-59 and the destroyers Israel (DD 98), Taylor (DD 94) and Ringgold (DD 89) are in the background.
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
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