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PE-59
ex-Eagle No. 59

Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down, 31 March 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched 12 April 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle No. 59, 19 September 1919; Designated PE-59, 17 July 1920; Sold, 29 August 1938. Fate unknown.

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.

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PE-59 68k From an undated picture post card. Inscription reads: "Worlds record built in 10 days and 22 hours." Richard Leonhardt
PE-59 133k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 162k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 176k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 167k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. PE-42 is directly astern and the destroyers Israel (DD 98), Taylor (DD 94) and Ringgold (DD 89) are in the background.
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 129k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 141 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 202k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 163k 15 November 1920
Undergoing inclining experiments at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH
National Archives photo		 Dan Treadwell
PE-59 302k Eagle boat PE-26 on the left side of the picture with the PE-59 on the right during the Naval Review on the Hudson River, New York City on 27 July 1923. The boats and launch are traveling north with Grants Tomb on the right. The white river steamer is approximately west of 125th street. It is believed that the PE's were anchored in the Naval Anchorage off the 125th street area and the two launches were carrying dignitaries during the review. Before and after WW II, there was a battleship anchorage with bouys north of 125th street.
Photo from the ADM Joseph Peck Collection		 Bob Daly/PC-1181
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