Hawk-class minesweeper

Class overview

Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	USS Eagle (AM-132)
Succeeded by:	Admirable-class minesweeper
Built:	1937
In commission:	1942–1944
Completed:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	500–590 long tons (508–599 t)
Length:	147 ft (45 m) (Hawk & Ibis) 133 ft (41 m) (Merganser)
Beam:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft:	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft, 650 shp (485 kW)
Speed:	10–12 knots (19–22 km/h)
Armament:	2 × 6-pounder guns 2 × .50 caliber machine guns 2 × depth charge projectors

The Hawk-class were a minesweeper class of the United States Navy during World War II.

All three vessels were originally fishing trawlers acquired by requisition purchase from the General Sea Foods Corp. of Boston. They patrolled off the New England coast from 1942, until they were decommissioned in 1944.

Ships

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

Hawk-class minesweepers

Hawk Ibis Merganser

Preceded by: USS Eagle Followed by: Admirable class List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Large cruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Gunboats	Asheville Tulsa Dubuque Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Patrol boats	Action PT boat

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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