USS Goshawk
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Several ships of the United States Navy
have been named USS Goshawk, after the goshawk, a large, short-winged hawk
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United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
have been named USS Goshawk, after the goshawk, a large, short-winged hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...
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- USS Goshawk (AM-2) was authorized for construction on 6 October 1917, but construction was canceled in 1918
- USS Goshawk (AM-42) was not built as construction was canceled 4 December 1918
- USS Goshawk (AM-79)USS Goshawk (AM-79)USS Goshawk , was a built in 1919 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler by the Foundation Co., Savannah, Georgia, for Mr. W. F. Henningsen, Seattle, Washington....
which was acquired by the US Navy 3 September 1940 and later reclassified (AMc-4)