USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550)

USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name: USS Fli-Hawk
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1912
Acquired: 1917
Commissioned: 12 May 1917
Decommissioned: 8 February 1919
Fate: Returned to owner 8 February 1919
Notes: Operated as private motorboat[1] or motor yacht[2]Fli-Hawk 1912-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 35 gross register tons
Length: 81 ft 5 in (24.82 m)
Beam: 12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Draft: 4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed: 10 knots
Complement: 13
Armament: 1 × 1-pounder gun

Fli-Hawk was built as a private motorboat[3] or motor yacht[4] of the same name in 1912. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Fli-Hawk (SP-550) on 12 May 1917 with Boatswain's Mate P. Savage, USNRF, in command.

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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