From collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Dragger JULIA ELEANOR
JULIA ELEANOR in water after launching. Flags flying. Party aboard. Launched ready to sail. "Laid down in 1937 and launched in 1939 as the fishing vessel Julia Eleanor by the I. L. Snow Shipyard, Rockland, ME; Acquired by the Navy 4 November 1940; Placed in service as USS Egret (AMc 24), 10 June 1941; Reclassified as a Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-181, 17 July 1944 Placed out of service 17 June 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Struck from the Navy Register in February 1946. Fate unknown. Specifications: Displacement 110 t.; Length 90' 2"; Beam 20'; Draft 10'; Speed 8.7 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 20mm and two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion one 300shp Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft." -- Tim Sullivan 2012
