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SP-145
ex-Eagle (SP 145)

Motorboat: Built in 1909 by J.M. Bayles and Son, Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY for Colonel William Hester of Brooklyn, NY; Acquired by the Navy 2 May 1917; Commissioned USS Eagle (SP 145), 10 September 1917; Renamed SP-145 in April 1918. Assigned to the Third Naval District, the boat spent her entire World War I era career in the vicinity of New York City. Struck from the Navy list in March 1919; Sold in June 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,250 t.; Length 262' 6"; Beam 28' 6"; Draft 15' 6"; Speed 19 kts.; Complement 80; Armament four 3" and four machine guns.

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Motorboat Eagle
SP-145 83k Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 101592		 Naval Historical Center
SP-145 68k Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 101592		 Naval Historical Center
USS SP-145
SP-145 127k Stuck in the ice near USS Indiana (Battleship No. 1), Winter 1917-1918. The original photo was captioned "Too Heavy to Buck -- So Near and Yet so Far."
Collection of Arthur J. Rozett.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-103537		 Naval Historical Center
There is no DANFS history currently available for SP -145.
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