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- Description:
- A staple-bound contract form between the Ford Motor Company, and the U.S. Navy establishing the terms for the construction of 100 patrol boats, the Eagle Boats, dated March 4, 1917. The spaces on the first page where the date and the name of the representative of Ford would be entered, and on the seventh page where the parties would sign have been left blank. An illegiable handwritten note has been made in the margin at the bottom of the sixth page.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Ledger sheet tracking how complete, expressed in a percentage, each of the sixty Eagle Boats are, along with listings of labor, salary, and material costs for each boat.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken of an Eagle Boat moored at the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex's outfitting dock, from the shore off of its port bow. The boat appears complete. Smoke rises from its stack. Lower right hand corner show number and date of photo: 23480-10-30-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- A staple-bound contract form between the Ford Motor Company, represented by the company's vice president F.J. Klingensmith, and the U.S. Navy establishing the terms for the construction of 100 patrol boats, the Eagle Boats, dated March 4, 1917. To Ms. Kimdsen -A.L.," is handwritten and "copy" is typewritten at the top, the blanks for the names and dates on the first page have been filled out, and on the seventh page, names have been typewritten where each party would have signed, including Edsel B. Ford, Klingensmith, and Graham Egerton as representative of Acting Secretary of the Navy, F.D. Roosevelt.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Staple-bound report, dated November 20, 1916, from the Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair, containing two articles, "Air Test of Compartments," and "Extracts from Report of Air Tests of Compartments and Zones of Water-Ejecting System on the U.S.S. OKLAHOMA," both written J.G. Tawresey of the U.S. Navy. A stamp on the cover indicates that the report was receives by the Ford Motor Company's Office of the Superintending Constructor for the U.S. Navy on February 27, 1919, in preparation for the construction of the Ford Eagle Boats later that year. "Noted R.K.," is handwritten in pencil on the upper left corner of the first page.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken of Eagle Boat No.1, moored at the outfitting dock of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as taken from land off of its port bow. The boat appears nearly complete. Painters are finishing their work. Workers pump fuel aboard from a tank car on rails beside the shore. On the Verso: "Eagle #1 complete." Lower right hand corner show number and date of photo: 23482-10-30-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting workers installing plates for the hull of Eagle Boat No. 6 within the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. Another Eagle Boat is being constructed in the background. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22435-6-13-18 with a number (6) above the date. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting workers installing plates, frames, and bulkheads onto the keel of Eagle Boat No. 5 within the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. The caption "First frames are set in place" is printed on the verso. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22434-6-13-18 with a number (5) above the date. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Press release from the Committee on Public Information, dated March 17, 1918, concerning the history of the name chosen for the Eagle Boats, built by the Ford Motor Company for World War I. The document lists past vessels named EAGLE which took part in conflicts ranging from the Revolutionary War to the Spanish-American War.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the manufacture of the pattern Eagle Boat at the Ford Highland Park Factory, as viewed from a point above its bow, facing toward its stern. The boat appears near completion. A lifeboat is at the lower left. This pattern boat was later dismantled and used as a template for Eagle Boats to be manufactured at Ford's River Rouge Complex. The caption, "First study-model Eagle built at Ford Highland Park plant," is on the verso. Lower left hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22688-7-18-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
