USS Hawk (IX-14)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Hawk |
| Builder | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland |
| Launched | 1891 |
| Acquired | 2 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 5 April 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 14 September 1898 |
| Recommissioned | 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 21 May 1919 |
| Reclassified |
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| Recommissioned | 16 April 1922 |
| Decommissioned | 14 February 1940 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 February 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 545 long tons (554 t) |
| Length | 145 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 47 officers and enlisted |
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USS Hawk (PY-2/IX-14) was the converted British-built civilian yacht Hermione of 1891, acquired for service as a patrol yacht in the Spanish–American War. She later served in the Ohio and New York naval militias and on the Great Lakes until decommissioned in 1940.