| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Goshawk |
| Builder | Foundation (Marine) Co., Savannah, Georgia |
| Launched | 1919, as M/V Penobscot |
| Acquired | 3 September 1940, as AMc-4 |
| Commissioned | 3 March 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 1 August 1945 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 7 May 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Goshawk class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 585 long tons (594 t) |
| Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 400 shp (298 kW) New London Ship and Engine Company diesel engine, one shaft |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun |
USS Goshawk (AM-79), was a Goshawk class minesweeper built in 1919 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler M/V Penobscot by the Foundation (Marine) Co., Savannah, Georgia, for Mr. W. F. Henningsen, Seattle, Washington.
The ship was acquired by the United States Navy on 3 September 1940, and began conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper, AMc-4 at the Winslow Marine Co., Winslow, Washington. Renamed Goshawk on 16 October 1940, and reclassified as a Minesweeper, AM-79, on 25 November 1940, she was commissioned USS Goshawk (AM 79) on 3 March 1941. Conversion to a minesweeper was completed on 20 March 1941.