Eagle Boats (PE)


Pre-War Construction

This table lists the 60 Eagle boats that were built by Ford Motor Company at its Rouge River plant, during and immediately after WWI.  The original contract was for 112 boats, 12 of which were to be given to the Italian Navy, but only three had been delivered by war's end and the last 52 were cancelled.  Despite Ford's vaunted expertise in mass production, this program appears to have been a mess from start to finish, as can be seen from the erratic construction schedule.

The Eagle boats were steel sub chasers, 200 feet long, with a speed of 20 knots.  If you have any information about what happened to these boats, please send it to timcolton@aol.com.

Type Pennant # Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days

Disposition

PE 1 7-May-18 11-Jul-18 28-Oct-18 65 109 174 Sold 1930
PE 2 10-May-18 19-Aug-18 28-Oct-18 101 70 171 Sold 1930
PE 3 16-May-18 11-Sep-18 11-Nov-18 118 61 179 Sold 1930
PE 4 21-May-18 15-Sep-18 5-Nov-18 117 51 168 Sold 1930
PE 5 28-May-18 23-Sep-18 8-Nov-18 118 46 164 Sold 1930
PE 6 3-Jun-18 16-Oct-18 10-Nov-18 135 25 160 Sunk as target 1934
PE 7 8-Jun-18 5-Oct-18 10-Nov-18 119 36 155 Sunk as target 1934
PE 8 10-Jun-18 11-Nov-18 27-Oct-19 154 350 504 Sold 1931 as "Fortitude"
PE 9 17-Jun-18 8-Nov-18 14-Aug-19 144 279 423 Sold 1930
PE 10 6-Jul-18 9-Nov-18 27-Oct-19 126 352 478 Destroyed 1937
PE 11 13-Jul-18 14-Nov-18 29-May-19 124 196 320 Sold 1935
PE 12 13-Jul-18 12-Nov-18 6-Nov-19 122 359 481 Sold 1935
PE 13 15-Jul-18 9-Jan-19 12-Apr-19 178 93 271 Sold 1930
PE 14 20-Jul-18 23-Jan-19 19-Jun-19 187 147 334 Sunk as target 1934
PE 15 21-Jul-18 25-Jan-19 11-Jun-19 188 137 325 Sold 1934
PE 16 22-Jul-18 11-Jan-19 5-Jun-19 173 145 318 To USCG 1919 as "McGourty"
PE 17 3-Aug-18 1-Feb-19 3-Jul-19 182 152 334 Wrecked 1922
PE 18 5-Aug-18 10-Feb-19 7-Aug-19 189 178 367 Sold 1930
PE 19 6-Aug-18 30-Jan-19 25-Jun-19 177 146 323 Destroyed 1946
PE 20 26-Aug-18 15-Feb-19 28-Jul-19 173 163 336 To USCG 1919 as "Scally"
PE 21 31-Aug-18 15-Feb-19 31-Jul-19 168 166 334 To USCG 1919 as "Bothwell"
PE 22 5-Sep-18 10-Feb-19 17-Jul-19 158 157 315 To USCG 1919 as "Earp"
PE 23 11-Sep-18 20-Feb-19 19-Jun-19 162 119 281 Sold 1930
PE 24 13-Sep-18 24-Feb-19 12-Jul-19 164 138 302 Sold 1930
PE 25 17-Sep-18 19-Feb-19 30-Jun-19 155 131 286 Lost 1920
PE 26 25-Sep-18 1-Mar-19 15-Sep-19 157 198 355 Sold 1938
PE 27 22-Oct-18 1-Mar-19 14-Jul-19 130 135 265 Sold 1946
PE 28 23-Oct-18 1-Mar-19 28-Jul-19 129 149 278 Sold 1930
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