U.S.S. Goshawk
AM-79
1941
(Saratoga Model Shipyard SMY-51)
- Class: Goshawk - 1 minesweeper of 1940
- Displacement: 585 tons
- Dimensions: 150' x 26' x 10'3"
- Machinery: 1-shaft diesel, SHP 400 = 10 knots
- Armament: 1-3"/50 gun
- Complement:
- Builder: Foundation (Marine) Co., Savannah, GA
- Built: 1919
- Acquired: 3 Sep 1940
- Commissioned: 3 Mar 1941
- Decommissioned: 1 Aug 1945
- Notes: Built as trawler M/V Penobscot for W. F. Henningsen of Seattle, WA. Acquired by Navy in 1940 and began conversion to coastal minesweeper AMc-4 at the Winslow Marine Co, Winslow, WA. Named USS Goshawk on 16 Oct 1940 and reclassified as minesweeper AM-79 on 25 Nov 1940. Initially employed in sweeping duties in Puget Sound area and later in Alaskan waters up through Mar 1942 when she returned to Seattle for refit. Resumed operations in Puget Sound area in Aug 1942, returning to Alaska waters in late 1943 as a combination minesweeper and small cargo vessel. Designation changed to unclassified miscellaneous auxiliary IX-195 on 10 Oct 1944. Transferred to the Maritime Commission 7 May 1946, sold to Alvin T. Davies, Tacoma, WA, and renamed M/V Bering Sea.
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