USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22)

USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22)

History
United States
Builder	Ford Motor Co., Detroit, MI
Laid down	5 August 1918
Launched	10 February 1919
Commissioned	17 July 1919 (US Navy) 17 March 1920 (US Coast Guard)
Decommissioned	22 May 1923
Homeport	Honolulu, Hawaii
General characteristics
Class and type	Eagle
Displacement	615 tons
Length	200 ft 9 in (61.19 m)
Beam	33 ft 1 in (10.08 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	Two Bureau Express boilers, Poole geared turbine, one shaft
Speed	18.3 kn (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph)
Complement	61
Armament	Two 4 in (100 mm)/50 gun mounts, and two M2 Browning .50 cal. machine guns

USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22) was a 200-foot (61 m) US Coast Guard anti-submarine Eagle-class vessel built by Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, Michigan. Earp was designed for quick construction and was one of 100 ordered. Earp was launched on 5 August 1918 and commissioned on 17 July 1919 by the United States Navy and again on 17 March 1920 by the United States Coast Guard. She was named by the Coast Guard for Ensign James Marsden Earp,^[1] a crewmember killed in the September 1918 U-boat sinking of USCGC Tampa. Earp was decommissioned on 22 May 1923.

Complete crew of USCGC Earp - 1921

References[]

• "US Coast Guard Cutter Earp, 1920" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-03-31.