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| Keywords: Eagle boat.jpg en This is the USS Eagle 2 PE-2 on builder ™s trials in 1918 An identical sister ship USS Eagle 56 PE-56 was lost due to a mysterious explosion April 23 1945 Although Eagle 56 survivors stated they had spotted a submarine during the sinking the official Navy Investigation declared it lost due to a boiler explosion Through the work of a dedicated researcher and the Naval Historical Center ™s senior archivist the Navy changed this to a combat loss in 2002 Both ships were members of 60 Eagle Boats built by automaker Henry Ford for World War I None of them were completed in time to see service in that war due to the Armistice November 11 1918 They were not very popular due to poor sea-keeping characteristics The Navy discarded all but eight before World War II The term Eagle Boat came from a 1917 editorial in the Washington Post that called for an eagle to scour the seas and pounce upon and destroy every German submarine U S Navy photo RELEASED 030415-N-0000X-001 Naval Historical Center Washington DC Apr 15 2003 http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 6741 U S Navy 1918 PD-USGov-Military-Navy Eagle boats | ||||
