List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy


This is a list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy.

PC, patrol craft coastal

By hull number

PHM, patrol missile hydrofoil

These submarine chasers were 173 feet long and used the PC designation. The large missing sections of numbers in designation for the most part come from sharing the same number set as the other much smaller 110-foot submarine chasers that used the SC designation.
497-507 used by SC submarine chasers
511 to 522 used by SC submarine chasers
524-539 used by SC submarine chasers
Of 112 Eagle class patrol craft planned 60 of these World War I era ships were completed, being given numbers from 1 to 60. Only three were commissioned prior to the Armistice which ended World War I and only eight saw service in World War II of which PE-56 was sunk by a U-boat.
DesignationKeel LaidLaunchedCommissionedDisposition
PE-17 May 191811 July 191827 October 1918Sold 11 June 1930
PE-210 May 191819 August 191811 July 1918Sold 11 June 1930
PE-316 May 191811 September 191811 November 1918Sold 11 June 1930
PE-421 May 191815 September 191814 November 1918Sold 11 June 1930
PE-528 May 191828 September 191819 November 1918Sold 11 June 1930
PE-63 June 191816 October 191821 November 1918Destroyed as target 30 November 1934
PE-78 June 19185 October 191824 November 1918Destroyed as target 30 November 1934
PE-810 June 191811 November 191831 October 1919Sold 1 April 1931
PE-917 June 19188 November 191827 October 1919Sold 26 May 1930
PE-106 July 19189 November 191831 October 1919Destroyed 19 August 1937
PE-1113 July 191814 November 191829 May 1919Sold 16 January 1935
PE-1213 July 191812 November 19186 November 1919Sold 30 December 1935
PE-1315 July 19189 January 19192 April 1919Sold 26 May 1930
PE-1420 July 191823 January 191917 June 1919Destroyed as target 22 November 1934
PE-1521 July 191825 January 191911 June 1919Sold 14 June 1934
PE-1622 July 191811 January 19195 June 1919Transferred to the Coast Guard late 1919
PE-173 August 19181 February 19193 July 1919Wrecked off Long Island, New York 22 May 1922
PE-185 August 191810 February 19197 August 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-196 August 191830 January 191925 June 1919Destroyed 6 August 1946
PE-2026 August 191815 February 191928 July 1919Transferred to USCG late 1919
PE-2131 August 191815 February 191931 July 1919Transferred to USCG late 1919
PE-225 September 191810 February 191917 July 1919Transferred to USCG late 1919
PE-2311 September 191820 February 191919 June 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-2413 September 191824 February 191912 July 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-2517 September 191819 February 191930 June 1919Lost 11 June 1930
PE-2625 September 19181 March 19191 October 1919Sold 29 August 1938
PE-2722 October 19181 March 191914 July 1919Sold 4 June 1946
PE-2823 October 19181 March 191928 July 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-2918 November 19188 March 191920 August 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-3019 November 19188 March 191914 August 1919Transferred to USCG late 1919
PE-3119 November 19188 March 191914 August 1919Sold 18 May 1923
PE-3230 November 191815 March 19194 September 1919Sold 3 March 1947
PE-3314 February 191815 March 19194 September 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-348 January 191915 March 19193 September 1919Sold 9 June 1932
PE-3513 January 191922 March 191922 August 1919Sold 7 June 1938
PE-3622 January 191922 March 191920 August 1919Sold 27 February 1936
PE-3727 January 191925 March 191930 September 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-3831 January 191929 March 191930 July 1919Sold 3 March 1947
PE-393 February 191929 March 191920 September 1919Sold 7 June 1938
PE-407 February 19195 April 19191 October 1919Destroyed as target 19 November 1934
PE-4120 February 19195 April 191926 September 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-4213 February 191917 May 19193 October 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-4317 February 191917 May 19192 October 1919Sold 26 May 1930
PE-4420 February 191924 May 191930 September 1919Disposed of 14 May 1938
PE-4520 February 191917 May 19192 October 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-4624 February 191924 May 19193 October 1919Sold 10 December 1936
PE-473 March 191919 June 19194 October 1919Sold 30 December 1935
PE-483 March 191924 May 19198 October 1919Sold 10 October 1946
PE-494 March 191914 June 191910 October 1919Sold 20 September 1930
PE-5010 March 191918 July 19196 October 1919Sold 11 June 1930
PE-5110 March 191914 June 19192 October 1919Sold 29 August 1938
PE-5210 March 19199 July 191910 October 1919Sold 29 August 1938
PE-5317 March 191913 August 191920 October 1919Sold 26 August 1938
PE-5417 March 191917 July 191910 October 1919Sold 26 May 1930
PE-5517 March 191922 July 191910 October 1919Sold 3 March 1947
PE-5625 March 191915 August 191926 October 1919Exploded off Portland, Maine, on 23 April 1945
after being torpedoed by
PE-5725 March 191929 July 191915 October 1919Sold March 5, 1947
PE-5825 March 19192 August 191920 October 1919Disposed of 30 June 1940
PE-5931 March 191912 April 191919 September 1919Sold 29 August 1938
PE-6031 March 191913 August 191927 October 1919Sold 29 August 1938

PE-61 through PE-112 were cancelled on November 30, 1918.
PE-5, PE-15, PE-25, PE-45, PE-65, PE-75, PE-86, PE-95, PE-105, and PE-112 were allotted for transfer to Italy, though this plan was cancelled and none were ever delivered.

PF, patrol frigate

All built in Shanghai to serve on the Yangtze Patrol.

PYc, coastal patrol yacht

SC, submarine chaser

These submarine chasers were 110 feet long and used the SC designation. The large missing sections of numbers in designation for the most part come from sharing the same number set as the other bigger 173 foot subchasers that used the PC designation.

SC-1 class (SC-1 to SC-448)

Mainly SC-497 to 775, SC-977 to 1076, SC-1267 to 1367, SC-1474 to 1626. Also several were modified to be SCC's a command versions.
509 and 510 used by PC submarine chasers
523 used by PC submarine chaser
776-976 used by PC submarine chasers
1077-1265 used by PC submarine chasers

World War I section patrol (SP) and identification number (ID) series

Incomplete listing of civilian boats and ships commissioned during World War I for use as section patrol craft and civilian cargo ships, tankers, transports, etc., commissioned for U.S. Navy use during World War and given non-"SP" identification numbers in the "SP" numbering series.

Identification numbers (ID)

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