USS EAGLE 56 (PE-56) PATROL VESSEL
FULLY BUILT AND READY TO DISPLAY MUSEUM QUALITY SHIP MODEL
- BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM QUALITY MODEL
- Open die cut side hull windows, NOT painted like those built by most other companies.
- Dimension Approx.: 24″ L x 3.5″ W x 11″ H
- The model is 100% hand built by artisans from scratch
- Hand-painted to match the actual ship.
- SCALE 1:100
- The model is already built, NOT a model ship kit
USS Eagle 56 (PE-56) was a United States Navy World War I–era patrol boat that remained in service through World War II. On 23 April 1945, while towing targets for U.S. Navy bomber exercises off the coast of Maine, Eagle 56 was sunk by the German submarine U-853. Only 13 of the 62 crew survived. Eagle 56 was the second to last U.S. Navy warship to be sunk by Nazi Germany during World War Two.
Eagle 56 was one of 60 Eagle-class patrol craft built by Henry Ford late in World War I as submarine chasers, none of which saw action. Unpopular due to their poor sea handling, only eight remained in service at the time of World War II
Eagle 56 rescued survivors of Jacob Jones off Cape May in February 1942. It was damaged by collision with the submerged wreck of Gypsum Prince while rescuing survivors from the British freighter that had collided with the British tanker Voco on 4 March at the entrance to Delaware Bay, and was repaired using parts from another Eagle boat, and then assigned to the Key West sonar school in May 1942.
At noon on 23 April 1945, Eagle 56 exploded amidships, and broke into two pieces 3 mi (4.8 km) off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The destroyer Selfridge was operating near Eagle 56 and arrived 30 minutes after the explosion to rescue 13 survivors from the crew of 62. At a Naval Board of Inquiry, five of the 13 survivors claimed to have seen a submarine U-853. At the time, The official Navy inquiry concluded that Eagle 56 had suffered a boiler explosion.
The ship's wreckage was located in June 2018, and visited by a civilian dive team later the same month. It lies five miles (8.0 km) off the coast of Maine at a depth of 300 feet (91 m). A video taken by the divers shows that USS Eagle 56's boilers were intact, showing it had been a victim of a torpedo. The ship's steel plating is starting to rust away, but the site has been designated a war grave, and it has all the protections associated with that designation.
We offer this beautiful museum quality 1:100 scale Eagle 56 (PE-56) for your collection. Our master craftsmen handcrafted this nicely detailed model from scratch using drawings/original plans and other finest woods and material to build this model. Multi-layered paint is done to match the color of the real ship. Each model requires hundreds of hours to finish then must go through a demanding quality control process before leaving the workshop. She is mounted on a solid wood base and ready to display. It’ll make a perfect gift for home or office decorator, boat enthusiast, or passionate collector.
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