Hawk-class minesweeper

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

• USS Hawk (AM-133)
• USS Ibis (AM-134)
• USS Merganser (AM-135)

References

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

1. List of minesweeper classes
2. Ton-class minesweeper
3. YMS-1-class minesweeper
4. Admirable-class minesweeper
5. HMAS Hawk (M 1139)
6. USS Hawk (AM-133)
7. 133 (number)
8. 134 (number)
9. Mine countermeasures vessel
10. USS Merganser (AM-135)
11. USS Ibis (AM-134)
12. Wooden boats of World War II
13. List of Admirable-class minesweepers
14. AK-257
15. Goshawk (disambiguation)
16. Osprey-class minehunter
17. QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
18. USS Hawk (AMS-17)
19. Gepard-class frigate
20. USS Auk (AM-38)