USS Hawk (AM-133)

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameM/V Gale
OwnerGeneral Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts
Builder Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched1937
FateRequisitioned by the US Navy, 1 January 1942
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Hawk
Acquired1 January 1942
Commissioned23 May 1942
Decommissioned1 May 1944
Stricken16 September 1944
NotesSold 1944
General characteristics as Minesweeper
Class and type Hawk-class minesweeper
Displacement530 long tons (540 t)
Length147 ft (45 m)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft, 650 shp (485 kW)
Speed11.5 knots (13.2 mph; 21.3 km/h)
Armament• 2 × 6-pounder guns

USS Hawk (AM-133) was a Hawk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy during World War II.

Built in 1937 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler MV Gale by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. of Quincy, Massachusetts, for the General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts.

She was acquired by the Navy on 1 January 1942. Conversion to a minesweeper began on 8 January 1942 at the Bethlehem Steel Co., East Boston, Massachusetts. Renamed Hawk on 21 January 1942, she completed conversion and was commissioned on 23 May 1942.

Hawk was assigned to the 1st Naval District and was based at the Boston Section Base. She performed general minesweeping duties near Boston, Massachusetts, and in mid-1943 was assigned to the Northern Ship Lane Patrol.

Hawk was decommissioned on 1 May 1944, struck from the Navy Register on 16 September 1944 and sold. Her fate is unknown.

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