Transferred to Royal Australian Navy, 22 August 1942
Australia
Name
HMAS Lanikai
Acquired
22 August 1942
Commissioned
9 December 1942
Decommissioned
22 August 1945
Fate
Returned to owner at Manila, 1946
Sank during a typhoon at Subic Bay, 1947
General characteristics as Hermes
Type
Motor yacht
Displacement
340 long tons (345 t)
Length
89 ft 4 in (27.23 m)
Beam
25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)
Draft
7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Complement
26
Armament
Unknown
General characteristics as Lanikai
Displacement
150 long tons (152 t)
Length
87 ft 3 in (26.59 m)
Beam
9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion
Sails and diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed
7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement
19
Armament
1 × 3-pounder 1.85 in (47 mm) QF rifle
1 × .50 cal (12.7 mm). machine gun
1 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine gun
Lanikai, was a wooden hulled schooner-rigged diesel powered yacht in service with the United States Navy during both World War I and World War II, before being transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
The ship was built as MY Hermes by W. F. Stone of Oakland, California, in 1914, for the Williams-Diamond Company, agents for the trading company Jaluit-Gesellschaft of Hamburg, Germany.[1]
^"Patrol Yacht HMAS Lanikai, ex-USS Lanikai, ex-USS Hermes". NavSource Naval History. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
Lanikai, was a wooden hulled schooner-rigged diesel powered yacht in service with the United States Navy during both World War I and World War II, before...
between Grande Island and Chiquita Islands near the mouth of Subic Bay. USSLanikai, a schooner-rigged diesel powered yacht that served in the U.S. Navy...
Francisco Bay, M. Crawford, May 28, 2013 "Patrol Yacht HMAS Lanikai, ex-USSLanikai, ex-USS Hermes". NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2009-10-16. "A...
Philippines. On 5 December 1941 Tolley was given command of the sailing schooner Lanikai, which had been acquired by the Navy from a private owner, and given orders...
68 civilians (of those, 1,177 were the result of the destruction of the USS Arizona alone). Today, Oahu has become a tourism and shopping haven. Over...
sailed 3000 miles to escape the Japanese". Dailybeast.com. Retrieved 14 April 2018. "Patrol Yacht Hermes/Lanikai". Navsource.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018....
December 13, 1958 Tiger shark While surfing near the Mokulua Islands off Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii, Weaver was killed when his leg was severed. Rescue personnel...
ISBN 978-1-86508-352-0. OCLC 47043750. Tolley, Kemp (2000) [1973]. Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-55750-406-7...
rabbit on Southeast Island." In 1927, Captain William Greig Anderson of the Lanikai Fishing Company was fishing for tuna and in the process, discovered beds...
Kailua – Lanikai Travels between Kailua and Lanikai. Interlines with Routes 672, 673 and 674 on select trips. Kailua Town, Kailua Beach Park, Lanikai 6AM–8PM...
Global Information
United States
1 Battle Stars (World War II)
Australia