GOSHAWK IX 195
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Built in 1919 by the Foundation Shipyard, Savannah, GA as a steel hull trawler for the French Navy Official Number: 221906 Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1936 lists the owner as "Hall Tranship Lines, Inc" Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1938 lists the owner as 'Motorvessel "Lexington," Inc' Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1939 lists the former owner as "Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Ld." and the new owner as "Seaboard Navigation Co" Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1941 lists the owner as "W. F. Henningsen" (of Seattle, WA) Acquired by the Navy 3 September 1940, began conversion to Coastal Minesweeper AMc-4 Renamed GOSHAWK 16 October 1940 Reclassified Minesweeper (AM) 25 November 1940 Decommissioned 1 August 1945 Struck from the Navy Register 3 January 1946 Sold in 1961 to Mexican interests Fate unknown. |
Conflicting History Data
The early history of the ship is usually missing from the main sources and there is some question as to who actually renamed the ship to PENOBSCOT.
NavSource is pretty much on target except for missing the name LEXINGTON.
It also implies that Henningsen named the ship PENOBSCOT.
Wikipedia makes no mention of ECKMUHL or LEXINGTON at all.
It also claims that PENOBSCOT was the original name for the ship but this is not supported by other sources.
Slogging though editions of Lloyd's Register of Shipping will give you early naming history but it differs with NavSource as to when (and thus who)
named the ship PENOBSCOT.
The best, albeit minimal, source of naming history is the
Shipbuildinghistory.com page for the Foundation Company.
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- USS Goshawk AM-79 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1942-11-28 |
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As AM-79. The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - A large, short-winged hawk noted for its powerful flight, activity, and courage.
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