Eagle Boats ~ Shipbuilding History

Eagle Boats

(PE)

Most recent update: April 28, 2015.

In 1918, the Ford Motor Company contracted to build 112 Eagle boats - 200-foot, 20-knot, steel subchasers - at its River Rouge plant, 100 for the US Navy and 12 for the Italian Navy. By war's end, however, only seven boats had been delivered 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.

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	Keel Laid	Launched	Delivered	Days on Ways	Days in Water	Days	Notes
PE-1	7 May 1918	11 Jul 1918	28 Oct 1918	65	109	174	sold 1930
PE-2	10 May 1918	19 Aug 1918	28 Oct 1918	101	70	171	sold 1930
PE-3	16 May 1918	11 Sep 1918	11 Nov 1918	118	61	179	sold 1930
PE-4	21 May 1918	15 Sep 1918	5 Nov 1918	117	51	168	sold 1930
PE-5	28 May 1918	23 Sep 1918	8 Nov 1918	118	46	164	sold 1930
PE-6	3 Jun 1918	16 Oct 1918	10 Nov 1918	135	25	160	sunk as target 1934
PE-7	8 Jun 1918	5 Oct 1918	10 Nov 1918	119	36	155	sunk as target 1934
PE-8	10 Jun 1918	11 Nov 1918	27 Oct 1919	154	350	504	sold 1931 as Fortitude
PE-9	17 Jun 1918	8 Nov 1918	14 Aug 1919	144	279	423	sold 1930
PE-10	6 Jul 1918	9 Nov 1918	27 Oct 1919	126	352	478	destroyed 1937
PE-11	13 Jul 1918	14 Nov 1918	29 May 1919	124	196	320	sold 1935
PE-12	13 Jul 1918	12 Nov 1918	6 Nov 1919	122	359	481	sold 1935
PE-13	15 Jul 1918	9 Jan 1919	12 Apr 1919	178	93	271	sold 1930
PE-14	20 Jul 1918	23 Jan 1919	19 Jun 1919	187	147	334	sunk as target 1934
PE-15	21 Jul 1918	25 Jan 1919	11 Jun 1919	188	137	325	sold 1934
PE-16	22 Jul 1918	11 Jan 1919	5 Jun 1919	173	145	318	to USCG 1919 as McGourty
PE-17	3 Aug 1918	1 Feb 1919	3 Jul 1919	182	152	334	wrecked 1922
PE-18	5 Aug 1918	10 Feb 1919	7 Aug 1919	189	178	367	sold 1930
PE-19	6 Aug 1918	30 Jan 1919	25 Jun 1919	177	146	323	destroyed 1946
PE-20	26 Aug 1918	15 Feb 1919	28 Jul 1919	173	163	336	to USCG 1919 as Scally
PE-21	31 Aug 1918	15 Feb 1919	31 Jul 1919	168	166	334	to USCG 1919 as Bothwell
PE-22	5 Sep 1918	10 Feb 1919	17 Jul 1919	158	157	315	to USCG 1919 as Earp
PE-23	11 Sep 1918	20 Feb 1919	19 Jun 1919	162	119	281	sold 1930
PE-24	13 Sep 1918	24 Feb 1919	12 Jul 1919	164	138	302	sold 1930
PE-25	17 Sep 1918	19 Feb 1919	30 Jun 1919	155	131	286	lost 1920
PE-26	25 Sep 1918	1 Mar 1919	15 Sep 1919	157	198	355	sold 1938
PE-27	22 Oct 1918	1 Mar 1919	14 Jul 1919	130	135	265	sold 1946
PE-28	23 Oct 1918	1 Mar 1919	28 Jul 1919	129	149	278	sold 1930
PE-29	18 Nov 1918	8 Mar 1919	15 Aug 1919	110	160	270	sold 1930
PE-30	19 Nov 1918	8 Mar 1919	14 Aug 1919	109	159	268	to USCG 1919 as Carr
PE-31	19 Nov 1918	8 Mar 1919	14 Aug 1919	109	159	268	sold 1923
PE-32	30 Nov 1918	15 Mar 1919	30 Aug 1919	105	168	273	sold 1947
PE-33	4 Dec 1918	15 Mar 1919	30 Aug 1919	101	168	269	sold 1930
PE-34	8 Jan 1919	15 Mar 1919	29 Aug 1919	66	167	233	sold 1932
PE-35	13 Jan 1919	22 Mar 1919	21 Aug 1919	68	152	220	sold 1938
PE-36	22 Jan 1919	22 Mar 1919	18 Aug 1919	59	149	208	sold 1936
PE-37	27 Jan 1919	24 Mar 1919	29 Aug 1919	56	158	214	sold 1930
PE-38	31 Jan 1919	29 Mar 1919	30 Jul 1919	57	123	180	sold 1947
PE-39	3 Feb 1919	29 Mar 1919	10 Sep 1919	54	165	219	sold 1938
PE-40	7 Feb 1919	5 Apr 1919	15 Sep 1919	57	163	220	sunk as target 1934
PE-41	10 Feb 1919	5 Apr 1919	15 Sep 1919	54	163	217	sold 1930
PE-42	13 Feb 1919	17 May 1919	3 Oct 1919	93	139	232	sold 1930
PE-43	17 Feb 1919	17 May 1919	18 Sep 1919	89	124	213	sold 1930
PE-44	20 Feb 1919	24 May 1919	30 Sep 1919	93	129	222	struck 1938
PE-45	20 Feb 1919	17 May 1919	2 Oct 1919	86	138	224	sold 1930
PE-46	24 Feb 1919	24 May 1919	29 Sep 1919	89	128	217	sold 1936
PE-47	3 Mar 1919	19 Jun 1919	27 Sep 1919	108	100	208	sold 1935
PE-48	3 Mar 1919	24 May 1919	23 Sep 1919	82	122	204	sold 1946
PE-49	4 Mar 1919	14 Jun 1919	19 Sep 1919	102	97	199	sold 1930
PE-50	10 Mar 1919	18 Jul 1919	25 Sep 1919	130	69	199	sold 1930
PE-51	10 Mar 1919	14 Jun 1919	19 Sep 1919	96	97	193	sold 1938
PE-52	10 Mar 1919	9 Jul 1919	24 Sep 1919	121	77	198	sold 1938
PE-53	17 Mar 1919	13 Aug 1919	11 Oct 1919	149	59	208	lost 1930
PE-54	17 Mar 1919	17 Jul 1919	29 Sep 1919	122	74	196	sold 1930
PE-55	17 Mar 1919	22 Jul 1919	30 Sep 1919	127	70	197	sold 1947
PE-56	25 Mar 1919	15 Aug 1919	15 Oct 1919	143	61	204	lost in action 1945
PE-57	25 Mar 1919	29 Jul 1919	30 Sep 1919	126	63	189	sold 1947
PE-58	25 Mar 1919	2 Aug 1919	8-Oct 1919	130	67	197	struck 1940
PE-59	31 Mar 1919	12 Apr 1919	9 Sep 1919	12	150	162	sold 1938
PE-60	31 Mar 1919	13 Aug 1919	15 Oct 1919	135	63	198	sold 1938