Eagle, 1925
Builder: Dafoe Boat & Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan
Length: 99' 8"
Beam: 23'
Draft: 4' 6"
Displacement: 210 (fl)
Cost: ?
Launched: ?
Powerplant: 2 Grey Marine diesels; 300 BHP
Performance: 12 knots (maximum)
Commissioned: 11 November 1925
Decommissioned: 29 February 1936
Disposition: Transferred to USN
Complement: 16
Armament: 1 x 3"/23
Cutter History:
The fifth cutter named Eagle, a 100-foot patrol boat built to combat rum-runners during Prohibition, was one of 13 in her class. They were steel-hulled cutters that were capable of close inshore work but were slower than the 75-footers. They made up for their slower speed and lack of maneuverability with better accommodations for the crew so that she could stay at sea for longer periods. They were all built by Defoe Boat & Motor Works of Bay City, Michigan. She was commissioned on 11 November 1925.
She was first assigned to New London, Connecticut, and served on the offshore patrol force. She was transferred to Charleston, South Carolina in 1932. In 1933 she was transferred to the Cleveland Division with headquarters at Charlotte, New York. She arrived at Charlotte on 4 August 1933.
She was decommissioned on 29 February 1936 and was transferred to the U.S. Navy. Her ultimate fate is unknown.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).