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Photo # NH 103537:  USS Eagle stuck in the ice near USS Indiana, Winter 1917-1918

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USS Eagle (SP-145), 1917-1919.
Later renamed SP-145.
Formerly the Civilian Motor Boat Eagle (1909)

USS Eagle, an 80-foot patrol craft, was built in 1909 by J.M. Bayles & Son of Port Jefferson, New York, for use as a pleasure craft. She was acquired by the Navy in early 1917 from Colonel William Hester of Brooklyn, N.Y., and placed in commission in September of that year as USS Eagle (SP-145). Since that name was already borne by another Navy ship, her name was changed to SP-145 in April 1918. Assigned to the Third Naval District, the boat spent her entire World War I era career in the vicinity of New York City. She was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in March 1919 and sold in late June 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning USS Eagle (SP-145), USS SP-145, and the civilian motor boat Eagle of 1909.


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Photo #: NH 101592

Eagle
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This pleasure craft was built in 1909 by J.M. Bayles & Son of Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. Owned by Colonel William Hester of Brooklyn, New York, she was taken over by the Navy on 2 May 1917 and placed in commission on 10 September 1917 as USS Eagle (SP-145). Renamed SP-145 in 1918, she was stricken from the list of Naval vessels on 11 March 1919 and sold on 25 June 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 41KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 101593

Eagle
(American Motor Boat, 1909)

Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service.
This pleasure craft was built in 1909 by J.M. Bayles & Son of Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York. Owned by Colonel William Hester of Brooklyn, New York, she was taken over by the Navy on 2 May 1917 and placed in commission on 10 September 1917 as USS Eagle (SP-145). Renamed SP-145 in 1918, she was stricken from the list of Naval vessels on 11 March 1919 and sold on 25 June 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 36KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103537

USS Eagle
(SP-145)

Stuck in the ice near USS Indiana (Battleship # 1), Winter 1917-1918.
The original photo was captioned "Too Heavy to Buck -- So Near and Yet so Far".

Collection of Arthur J. Rozett.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 450 pixels

 


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