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

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