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Description
USS Eagle (PE-56), a World War I–era patrol boat, was photographed at the U.S. Naval Frontier Base in downtown Portland in 1944. On April 23, 1945, while towing targets off Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Eagle exploded and sank. The destroyer Selfridge rescued 13 of 62 crew members. Survivors reported seeing a German submarine bearing U-853’s insignia. Initially blamed on a boiler explosion, the Navy reclassified the loss as enemy action in 2001.
Arthur Schuh, who captured this photograph, served as a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) in the U.S. Navy Reserve. A professional photographer and entrepreneur, he was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, and earned his BA and MBA from Harvard, graduating in 1940.
About This Item
- Title: The USS "Eagle" docked at U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Portland, 1944
- Creator: Arthur Schuh
- Creation Date: 1944
- Subject Date: 1944
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Film negative
- Dimensions: 5.1 cm x 6.3 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4268.015
- Collection: Arthur Schuh photographs and negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Military bases, American
- Military bases--Maine--Portland
- United States. Navy--1940-1950
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean
- World War, 1939-1945--Maine--Casco Bay
- World War, 1939-1945--Sea control
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Other Keywords
- Battle of the Atlantic
- Brunswick Naval Air Station
- Eagle-class patrol craft
- Naval Base
- Naval stations
- Naval yards
- Signals
- U-boat
- WWII
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. No Permission is required to use the low-resolution watermarked image for educational use, or as allowed by the applicable copyright. For all other uses, permission is required.
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