Eagle, a 6273 gross ton freighter, was built at San Francisco, California, in 1917. She was chartered by the U.S. Army in October 1917 for World War I service. In mid-1918 the ship was renamed Peerless and, in December of that year, was taken over by the Navy and placed in commission as USS Peerless (ID # 1639). She made one round-trip voyage to France while assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) and then, in February 1919, joined the Cruiser and Transport Force, with which she operated as a trans-Atlantic troop transport until mid-year. USS Peerless was decommissioned in September 1919, returned to her owner and again named Eagle. Commercially employed under that name for the next three decades, she was scrapped in 1949.
This page features all available views concerning the freighter Eagle of 1917, and USS Peerless (ID # 1639).
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Page made 27 August 2002
Images added 22 December 2009