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Hermes


Hermes, built by W. F. Stone of Oakland, Calif., in 1914, was a German vessel in port at Honolulu when the United States entered World War I in April 1916. Taken over by the Navy on Executive order, she commissioned at Honolulu on 1 April 1918, Lt. John T. Diggs in command. Originally intended as a submarine patrol vessel, Hermes performed this duty out of Honolulu during the summer of 1918. On 31 August she sailed on a cruise among the islands northwest of Hawaii, including Laysan and Wake, to search for survivors of shipwrecks, signs off enemy activity, and to conduct a survey on wildlife and particularly birds for the Biological Survey Commission, Washington. After returning to Pearl Harbor on 2 October, she continued as a patrol craft. Hermes was ordered decommissioned on 16 January 1919 and placed at the disposal of the Hawaiian territorial government for use as a tender to leper colonies. When the territorial government decided they could not afford her upkeep, Hermes was turned over to the Pacific Air Detachment, whom she served as a store ship and general auxiliary craft. She was sold on 21 October 1926. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement, 340 tons; Length, 89' 4"; Beam, 25' 4"; Draft, 7' 6"; Speed, unknown; Complement, 26; Armament, unknown.
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Hermes 82k At Pearl Harbor, circa 1918. Ships in the background are USS Monadnock (BM-3) and probably USS Navajo (1908-1948). The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph NH 101786.
Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history available for Hermes at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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