USS Sea Hawk
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
 USS Sea Hawk off the Boston Navy Yard, sometime between October and December 1917. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Sea Hawk |
| Namesake | The sea hawk, also called the skua, a gull-like bird of prey |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 20 October 1917 |
| Commissioned | December 1917 |
| Fate | Wrecked 9–10 September 1919 |
| Notes | Built as civilian motorboat Herreshoff No. 319 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 29 tons |
| Length | 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
USS Sea Hawk (SP-2365) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
Sea Hawk was built in 1917 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, as the civilian motorboat Herreshoff No. 319. The U.S. Navy acquired her from Arthur Winslow of Boston, Massachusetts, on 20 October 1917 for World War I service as a patrol boat. She was commissioned as USS Sea Hawk (SP-2365) in December 1917.
Sea Hawk initially served as a patrol boat in the 1st Naval District, operating in the Boston area. Later she was transferred to the 7th Naval District for employment in Florida waters.
Due to an urgent need for craft such as Sea Hawk at Brest, France, an order dated 14 October 1918 went out from Washington, D.C., to Boston, directing the Commandant of the 1st Naval District to ready six section patrol boats -- USS Commodore, Cossack, War Bug, Sea Hawk, Kangaroo, and SP-729—to be shipped to France as deck cargo along with spare parts to keep them operational. However, this proposed movement appears to have been canceled, probably because of the armistice with Germany of 11 November 1918 that ended World War I and eliminated the need for more U.S. Navy patrol craft in Europe.
Decommissioned after World War I ended, Sea Hawk remained at Key West, Florida, awaiting final disposition with other section patrol boats until the night of 9–10 September 1919, when she disappeared in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane and was not recovered.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. for Sea Hawk- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. for SP-726 (ex-Apache)
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Sea Hawk (SP-2365), 1917-1919. Originally named Herreshoff 319
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sea Hawk (SP 2365)
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
- 1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
- 21 Jan: UC-40
- 30 Jan: Nimrod
- 7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
- 8 Feb: U-16
- 10 Feb: UC-91
- 18 Feb: Mirabeau
- 20 Feb: UC-71
- 22 Feb: U-21
- 7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
- 6 Apr: SMS Vulkan
- 15 Apr: U-118
- 17 Apr: USS Freehold
- 26 April: Narval, Kit, Kashalot
- 27 Apr: USS Courtney, USS Otis W. Douglas
- 28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen, USS James
- April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
- 4 May: HMS Cupar
- 5 May: SMS Leipzig
- 2 Jun: Rucumilla
- 9 Jun: HMS L55
- 16 Jun: HMS Kinross
- 18 Jun: Oleg
- 21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow – SMS Bayern, SMS Bremse, SMS Brummer, SMS Cöln, SMS Dresden, SMS Derfflinger, SMS Emden, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS G38, SMS G39, SMS G40, SMS Hindenburg, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, SMS Kaiser, SMS Kaiserin, SMS Karlsruhe, SMS König, SMS König Albert, SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SMS Markgraf, SMS Moltke, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, SMS S32, SMS S36, SMS S50, SMS Seydlitz, SMS V45, SMS V46, SMS Von der Tann, SMS G102
- 28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
- Jun (unknown date): Erinpura
- 27 Jul: USS May
- 30 Jul: USS G-2
- 13 Aug: Basilicata
- 18 Aug: Dvina
- 1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
- 4 Sep: HMS Verulam
- 8 Sep: Valbanera
- 9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian, USS SP-471
- 10 Sep: USS Coco, USS Katherine K., USS Patrol No. 1, USS Sea Hawk
- 11 Sep: USS Helena I
- 16 Sep: HMS M25, HMS M27, West Arvada
- 29 Sep: ML-18, ML-62, ML-191, Ossifrage
- 30 Sep: August Helmerich
- 3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
- 7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
- 9 Oct: Daram
- 17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
- 18 Oct: HMS H41
- 21 Oct Gavriil
- 31 Oct: Fazilka
- 13 Nov: Council Bluffs
- 22 Nov: Myron
- 24 Nov: Poltava
- 12 Dec: USS Kerwood
- 18 Dec: Cufic
- Unknown date: UB-14
- 1 Jan: USS Northern Pacific
- 14 Jan Prince Rupert
- 1 Feb: USS Narragansett
- 28 Feb: RMS Aquitania
- Mar: Perun
- 17 Apr: Saxonia
- 4 Jun: USS SP-582
- 21 Jun: SMS Baden, SMS Emden, SMS Frankfurt, SMS Nürnberg
- Jun (unknown date): USS West Grama
- 9 Jul: Grampian
- 15 Jul: USS Edward Luckenbach
- 16 Jul: USS Flamingo
- 16 Sep: USS R-6
- Sep (unknown date): Sangola
- 18 Oct: HMS Vulcan
- October (unknown date): Prince Rupert
- 19 Nov Juan Casiano
- 20 Nov Atle Jarl
- 14 Jan Prince Rupert
- 3 Dec: USFS Murre
- Unknown date: Submarine No. 19, Submarine No. 20
