USCGC Earp (ex-Eagle 22)

USCGC "Earp" (ex-Eagle 22) was a US Coast Guard anti-submarine "Eagle"-class vessel built by Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, Michigan. "Earp" was designed for quick construction and was one of 100 ordered. "Earp" was launched on 5 August 1918 and commissioned on 17 July 1919 by the United States Navy and again on 17 March 1920 by the United States Coast Guard. She was named by the Coast Guard for Ensign James Marsden Earp, a crewmember killed in the September 1918 U-boat sinking of USCGC "Tampa". "Earp" was decommissioned on 22 May 1923.