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PE-50



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

ex-Eagle No. 50



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

  • Laid down 10 March 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
  • Launched 18 July 1919
  • Commissioned USS Eagle No. 50, 6 October 1919
  • Designated PE-50, 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Navy list 23 April 1930
  • Sold 11 June 1930
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 710 t.
  • Length 200' 9"
  • Beam 25' 9"
  • Draft 13' 6"
  • Speed 18.32 kts.
  • Complement 68
  • Armament: Two 4"/50 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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