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AMc-4
Goshawk (AM 79)
IX-195



Call sign:
November - Echo - Victor - Whiskey



Built in 1919 as Penobscot by the Foundation Co., Savannah, GA; Launched, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, 3 September 1940; Converted to a Coastal Minesweeper and classified AMc-4; Reclassified as a Minesweeper, 25 November 1940; Commissioned as USS Goshawk (AM 79), 3 March 1941; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX-195, 10 October 1944; Decommissioned, 1 August 1945 at Seattle, WA and placed in service; Placed out of service, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 7 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, (date unknown) 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.
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Goshawk 48k . Gunter Krebs

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