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PE-2
ex-Eagle Boat No. 2
Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down, 10 May 1918 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched, 19 August 1918; Commissioned USS Eagle Boat No. 2, 7 November 1918; Reclassified PE-2, 17 July 1920; Sold, 11 June 1930. 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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Undergoing her final fitting out before joining the fleet in 1919. Note the stern mounted depth charge racks, among the earliest applied to a naval combatant. |
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USS Eagle 2 (PE-2) on builder’s trials in 1918. |
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