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Navy Leaving Grays Harbor, Washington, ca. 1926
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| Clip Title | Navy Leaving Grays Harbor, Washington, ca. 1926 |
| Clip Summary | Sailors stand on the deck of a ship as it leaves port, a band plays while a crowd on the dock waves to the sailors. Harbor filled with small leisure craft and fishing boats. Three Eagle class patrol craft travel together through open water. Sailors on board The water gets choppy and a sailor becomes seasick. A procession of four boats moves through a mountainous region. A sailor reads a paper on deck. (Building, Boats, Bridges) |
| Duration | 3 min., 20 sec. |
| Digital Format | Video |
| Original Source Title | MV 64. Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County, ca. 1925-1933. GHOR 211568-1-4 |
| Original Source Summary | Original reel contains newsreel footage of events in Aberdeen, Washington, ca. 1925, including a parade on Wishkah Street, Aberdeen, sailors on training exercises possibly to Alaska, government building, and parade down city street. |
| Participants/Performers | Unknown |
| Notes | Clip title supplied by cataloger.
The ships pictured appear to be units of the U.S. Naval Reserve leaving Grays Harbor on an annual training cruise. The ships are Eagle class patrol craft designed by the Ford Motor Company for long-range anti-submarine duty in the Atlantic Ocean. They are 200 feet long, displace 615 tons, are powered by a steam turbine capable of speeds of 21 mph, and are manned by a standard compliment of 5 officers and 56 men. Intended for use in the First World War, the first of the Eagle boats was not commissioned until the last weeks before the end the conflict in 1918, and were therefore of limited value to the postwar Navy. Active during the 1920s, they were used primarily as airplane tenders and off shore patrol boats. A number were transferred to the United States Coast Guard, and others were sent to the Naval Reserve as training ships. Though most of the 60 completed Eagle boats had been sold or decommissioned by 1940, several served into World War II, and one (PE-56) was sunk by a German U-boat in April 1945. One of the three specific ships present is the PE-38, a Reserve ship stationed in Portland, Oregon during the 1920s. As the port in the footage is very likely to be Grays Harbor, the PE-11 (based in Aberdeen) can also be assumed to be present. The two boats often participated in joint annual training cruises to Juneau, Alaska and the Washington coast, along with PE-57 (based in Seattle, Washington) and PE-32 (based in Tacoma, Washington). The cruises were intended to teach and maintain naval skills among the reservist crews, as well as maintain familiarity with operation of the Eagle boats themselves on the open sea. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | XYZ
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| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County
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| Date Created | ca. 1926 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Special Collections Moving Image Collection |
| Order Number | MV0242 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Newsfilm of Grays Harbor County, ca. 1925-1933, PhColl 925, VC178.48 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection, see: http://digital.lib.washington.edu/findingaids/permalink/NewsFilmGraysHarborCountyPHColl925/ |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital streaming QuickTime video file made from DVD viewing copy, by Special Collections at Special Collections, Allen Library South, on July 13, 2011, using iMovie, version 9.0.2 |
| Rights | Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details. |
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