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YP-64
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USCGC Eagle (1925 - 1936)
International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Hotel - Quebec
NAHQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
District Patrol Craft
Built in 1925 as the steel-hulled Coast Guard Patrol Boat, Eagle at Defoe Boat & Motor Works, Bay City, MI.
Commissioned USCGC Eagle, 11 November 1925
Eagle was assigned to New London, CT., 1925 to 1932 and served on the offshore patrol force
Charleston, S.C. 1932 to 1933
Cleveland Division with headquarters at Charlotte, N.Y., from 4 August 1933 to 1936.
Decommissioned, 29 February 1936
Transferred to the US Navy and placed in service as YP-64
During World War II YP-64 was assigned to NOB Trinidad. BWI
Placed out of service in 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Sold in 1946 to E. Randall Swan, Charleston, S.C.
Sold in 1947 to John G. Murphy, Mobile, AL.
Sold in 1952 to Remmel L. Shibley, Houston, TX.
Sold in 1957 to Coating Specialists, Inc. Harvey, LA.
Sold in 1971 to the GBQ Corp. of Harvey. LA.
Sold in 1975 to Platform Coating Service, Inc., Harvey. LA.
Sold in 1979 to James Calvin Faulkner, New Orleans, LA.
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 210 t.
Length 99' 8"
Beam 23'
Draft 4' 6"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 1 Warrant Officer 14 Enlisted
Armament one single 3"/23 gun mount
Propulsion two Grey Marine diesel engines; 300 BHP; twin propellers
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
US Coast Guard Historian's Office - Eagle 1925
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Last Updated 21 March 2008