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PE-43


Eagle Class Patrol Craft: Laid down, 17 February 1919 by the Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI; Launched, 17 May 1919; Commissioned USS Eagle Boat No. 43, 2 October 1919; Redesignated PE-43, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 26 May 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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PE-43 71k An Eagle hull takes shape in Ford Motor Company's ship building plant in Detroit, MI, near Ford's automobile plant where assembly lines were mass producing the Model T. Lawrence W. Lee, Jr.

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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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