USCGC Earp

USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22) was a 200-foot (61 m) U.S. Coast Guard anti-submarine Eagle–class vessel built by Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, Michigan.

Five Eagle–class vessels were transferred to the Coast Guard and proved unsuitable for service because poor manueuvering characteristics and sea-keeping qualities.

The Navy transferred control of Earp to the Coast Guard on 19 December 1919 at New London, Connecticut.

On 9 July she was assigned a permanent station at Honolulu, Hawaii and arrived 13 December after repairs at Mare Island, California.

Earp was decommissioned by the Coast Guard at Pearl Harbor on 1 January 1923 and returned to Navy control on 22 May 1923.

USCGC Earp
Complete crew of USCGC Earp – 1921