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Hawk (AM 133)

Hawk Class Minesweeper:

  • Built in October 1937 as the steel hull trawler M/V West Point by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, MA for the General Sea Foods Corp. of Boston, MA
  • Delivered 29 October 1937
  • Renamed Gale in 1939
  • Acquired by the Navy 1 January 1942
  • Conversion to a Minesweeper began 8 January 1942 at the Bethlehem Steel Co., East Boston, MA
  • Renamed Hawk 21 January 1942
  • Completed conversion and commissioned USS Hawk (AM 133), 23 May 1942
  • Decommissioned 1 May 1944
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 16 September 1944, struck from the Naval Register and sold to her previous owner
  • Ran aground 13 December 1945 off Sable Island, Canada and sank.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 530 t.
  • Length 147'
  • Beam 26'
  • Draft 13'
  • Speed 11.5 kts.
  • Armament: Two 6-pounders
  • Propulsion: One 650shp Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft.
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    Hawk 42k Namesake: Hawk - A bird of prey related to the falcon family, noted for its swiftness and grace in flight Tommy Trampp
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Harva H. Crabtree, Jr., USNR28 August 1943
    02LT Ralph William Olson, USNR16 February 1944 - 1 May 1944
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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