For other ships with the same name, see USS Mohawk and USCGC Mohawk.
USRC Mohawk
History
United States
Name
Mohawk
Namesake
The Mohawk tribe[1]
Builder
William R. Trigg Company,
Richmond, Virginia[3][2]
Commissioned
10 May 1904 into United States Revenue Cutter Service
Recommissioned
6 April 1917 by United States Navy[1]
Fate
Sunk in collision near
Sandy Hook, New Jersey 1 October 1917.[1]
Derelict sold 7 February 1921 for US$111.00[2]
General characteristics [3]
Displacement
1,150 long tons (1,168 t)
Length
205 ft 6 in (62.64 m)
Beam
32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft
12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Installed power
triple-expansion steam engine,25 in (0.64 m), 37.5 in (0.95 m), 56.25 in (1.429 m) diameter X 30 in (0.76 m) stroke, single screw[2]
Armament
2 × 6 pounder rapid fire guns (1907)
4 × 6 pounder rapid fire guns (1914)[2]
USRC Mohawk, was a steel steam powered revenue cutter built for the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service by William R. Trigg Company at Richmond, Virginia. Her primary duties in the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard were assisting vessels in distress and enforcing navigational laws as well as a derelict destroyer. Mohawk was sunk after a collision with another vessel in October 1917.
^ abc"Mohawk", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
^ abcd"Mohawk, 1904", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
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