USC&GS Mikawe
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 USC&GS Mikawe at Norfolk, Virginia on 4 July 1928, dressed for Independence Day. | |
| Career (United States) | 100x35px  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USC&GS Mikawe |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Defoe Boat and Motor Works, Bay City, Michigan |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | 24 April 1919[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1920 |
| Fate: | Destroyed by fire 27 October 1939 |
| Notes: | Served as civilian motorboat Mikawe 1916-1917 and as U.S. Navy patrol vessel USS Mikawe (SP-309) 1917-1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Launch |
| Length: | 64.5 ft (19.7 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 5.5 ft (1.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 75 horsepower (0.1 megawatt) |
| Propulsion: | Gasoline engine |
USC&GS Mikawe was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey launch in commission from 1920 to 1939.
Mikawe was built as a civilian wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name in 1916 by Defoe Boat and Motor Works at Bay City, Michigan. From 1917 to 1919, she served in the United States Navy as the patrol vessel USS Mikawe (SP-309).
On 24 April 1919,[2] Mikawe was transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Placed in service in 1920, she served along the United States East Coast during her Survey career. In the late 1920s, she served as a training ship for Coast and Geodetic Survey deck officers.
Mikawe was destroyed by fire on 27 October 1939.
Notes
- ↑ The NOAA History Web site (at http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/mikawe.html) claims she was acquired from the Navy sometime in 1920; presumably the NOAA site is confusing her transfer date with the date on which she entered Coast and Geodetic Survey service.
- ↑ The NOAA History Web site (at http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/mikawe.html) claims she was acquired from the Navy sometime in 1920; presumably the NOAA site is confusing her transfer date with the date on which she entered Coast and Geodetic Survey service.
