USS Eagle
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USS Eagle may refer to:
, was a 14-gun schooner
in service from 1798 to 1801
, was an 11-gun sloop
in service on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812
, was a 12-gun brig
also on Lake Champlain, launched and named while the 1812 Eagle was in British hands
was a 12-gun schooner
of the New Orleans Squadron
, was a yacht
purchased in 1898 and in service until 1919
, later renamed USS SP-145, was a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
, was a Q-ship
renamed Captor (PYc-40) shortly after commissioning in 1942
, also known as "Eagle boats," commissioned in 1918 and 1919
See also for several United States Coast Guard cutters.
, was a 14-gun schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
in service from 1798 to 1801
, was an 11-gun sloop
Sloop
A sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
in service on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812
, was a 12-gun brig
Brig
A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
also on Lake Champlain, launched and named while the 1812 Eagle was in British hands
was a 12-gun schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
of the New Orleans Squadron
New Orleans Squadron
The New Orleans Squadron or the New Orleans Station was a United States Navy squadron raised out of the growing threat the United Kingdom posed to Louisiana during the War of 1812. The first squadron consisted of over a dozen vessels and was mostly defeated during the war...
, was a yacht
Yacht
A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
purchased in 1898 and in service until 1919
, later renamed USS SP-145, was a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
, was a Q-ship
Q-ship
Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, Decoy Vessels, Special Service Ships, or Mystery Ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them...
renamed Captor (PYc-40) shortly after commissioning in 1942
, also known as "Eagle boats," commissioned in 1918 and 1919
- USS Eagle Boat 56, later USS PE-56, in commission from 1919 to 1945
See also for several United States Coast Guard cutters.
- USS Eaglet (SP-909)USS Eaglet (SP-909)USS Eaglet , later redesignated YP-909, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1921....