USCGC Mohawk (WPG-78)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USCGC Mohawk |
| Namesake | The Mohawk Native American tribe |
| Builder | Pusey & Jones Shipbuilders, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Cost | $499,800 |
| Laid down | 1933 |
| Launched | 1 October 1934 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Ann Gibbons (daughter of the assistant secretary of the treasury, Steven Gibbons) |
| Commissioned | 19 January 1935 |
| Decommissioned | 8 January 1946 |
| In service | 1935 |
| Out of service | 1946 |
| Stricken | 1948 |
| Homeport | Cape May, New Jersey, later Boston Mass. |
| Nickname(s) | " Mighty MO" |
| Fate | Sold 1 November 1948, Sunk as an artificial reef 2 July 2012 |
| Notes | Operated as a memorial museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol Gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,005 tons |
| Length | 165 feet |
| Beam | 36 feet |
| Draft | 12 foot 3 inches |
| Ice class | ice breaking capabilities up to 2 feet |
| Installed power | 1,500 shp |
| Propulsion | 1× Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbine, 2× foster-wheeler 310 psi 200 deg superheat boilers |
| Speed | 13.5 kt |
| Range | (max speed=1,350 miles)(economic speed=5,079 miles) |
| Crew | 124 enlisted 10 officers |
| Sensors & processing systems | Radar SF (1945) Sonar QCJ-3 (1945) |
| Armament | 2× 3" 50 cal deck guns. 2× "mouse trap" mortars. 2× depth charge racks. 10× "k" gun depth charge projectors. 2x 20mm anti aircraft guns in single mounts on bridge wings, 1 twin mount 20mm antiaircraft gun on fantail. 1 twin mount 50cal antiaircraft battery in a gun tub forward of bridge |
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The fifth United States Coast Guard Cutter named Mohawk (WPG-78) was built by Pusey & Jones Corp., Wilmington, Delaware, and launched 1 October 1934. She was commissioned on 19 January 1935.