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PE-55
ex-Eagle No. 55



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Charlie - George
Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down 17 March 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched, 22 July 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 55, 10 October 1919; Designated PE-55, 17 July 1920; Sold, 3 March 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 710 t.; Length 200' 9"; Beam 25' 9"; Draft 13' 6"; Speed 18.32 kts.; Complement 68; Armament one 4"/50 gun mount and two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion two Thorny-Craft Bureau Model 250 psi boilers, one 2,500 shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.
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