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PE-57
ex-Eagle No. 57



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Charlie - King
Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, Mich. 29 March 1919; Launched 27 July 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 57, 15 October 1919; Designated PE-57, 17 July 1920; Sold 5 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 250psi boilers, one 2,500shp Poole geared turbine, Ford single reduction gear, one shaft.

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PE-57 71k c. August 1942 -
PE-57 59k U.S. Navy photo from the October 1956 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
PE-57 100k U.S. Navy photo from the September 1967 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
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