USS Hiawatha, an 89-ton steam patrol vessel, was built as the private yacht Donaire at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1914. The Navy obtained her from her owner and commissioned her in May 1917. Through the First World War Hiawatha operated as a patrol and dispatch boat in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Inactive after the conflict's end, she was loaned to the State of Maryland in late 1919 and early 1920. In October 1920, Hiawatha was sold to the U.S. Forest Service and taken to Alaska for further use.
This page features our only view of USS Hiawatha (SP-183).
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Page made 15 March 2001