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Goshawk (IX 195)
ex-AM-79
ex-AMc-4
Call sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Whiskey
Goshawk Class Minesweeper: Built in 1919 as the steel hull trawler M/V Penobscot by the Foundation Co., Savannah, GA for Mr. W. F. Henningsen, Seattle, WA; Acquired by the Navy 3 September 1940 and began conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper, AMc-4 at the Winslow Marine Corp., Winslow, WA; Renamed Goshawk 16 October 1940; Reclassified as a Minesweeper, AM-79, 25 November 1940; Commissioned USS Goshawk (AM 79), 3 March 1941; Conversion to minesweeper completed 20 March 1941; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-195, 10 October 1944; Decommissioned 1 August 1945 at Seattle and placed in service; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 7 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946; Sold to Alvin T. Davies of Tacoma, WA and renamed Bering Sea. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 585 t.; Length 150'; Beam 25'; Draft 10' 3"; Complement, unknown; Speed 10 kts.; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion New London Ship and Engine Co. diesel engine, 400shp, one shaft.
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