Launching World Record Eagle Boat #59, Built in 10 Days, April 1919
THF270319 / Launching World Record Eagle Boat #59, Built in 10 Days, April 1919
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Artifact Overview
With America's coastal shipbuilders pressed to the limit, the U.S. Navy turned to Ford Motor Company to build Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats during World War I. Henry Ford proposed to manufacture the boats using the same mass production techniques he perfected for the Model T. Ford built 60 Eagles in total, with boat #59 constructed in a record-setting ten days.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
12 April 1919
Subject Date
12 April 1919
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.26406
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.000 in
Width: 11.000 in
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Over the years, Ford Motor Company's River Rouge factory turned out everything from tractors to cars to pickup trucks. But its first products had no wheels at all. From May 1918 to October 1919, Ford built 60 "Eagle" anti-submarine patrol boats at the Rouge. World War I ended before any of the Eagles saw action, but they proved that even warships could be made on an assembly line.