USS Fli-Hawk

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History
United States
NameUSS Fli-Hawk
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1912
Acquired1917
Commissioned12 May 1917
Decommissioned8 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 8 February 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat[1] or motor yacht[2]Fli-Hawk 1912-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type
Patrol vessel
Tonnage35
gross register tons
Length81 ft 5 in (24.82 m)
Beam12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement13
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) was a

patrol vessel
in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Fli-Hawk was built as a private

section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned
as USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) on 12 May 1917.

Assigned to the

5th Naval District, Fli-Hawk operated on patrol duties in the Norfolk, Virginia
, area for the rest of World War I.

On 31 December 1917, Fli-Hawk was getting underway when she collided with the steamer SS Gratitude in Norfolk Harbor. Fli-Hawk sank three hours later, but was raised, repaired, and returned to service.

Fli-Hawk was

decommissioned
on 8 February 1919 and returned to her owner.

Notes

  1. ^ SP-550 Fli-Hawk at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599.
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/fli-hawk.htm.
  3. ^ SP-550 Fli-Hawk at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599.
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/fli-hawk.htm.

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