Mohawk
Ship Number
249
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
25 February 1892
Delivered
7 May 1892
Owner
Elder Dempster & Co.
Weight
5575 grt
BP Length
445 feet
Breadth
49 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
13 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
99066
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Mohawk

[Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division]
Mohawk was one of four sisters evidently built as freighters for the African Steamship Company (Elder Dempster & Company), and first chartered by the Atlantic Transport Line and then purchased by it in October of 1896. The other sisters were the Manitoba, Massachusetts, and Mobile. All four ships were employed on the London to New York service.
 
In 1898 Mohawk and her sisters were among the six Atlantic Transport Line ships requisitioned by the U. S. Government for service as transports during the Spanish American War. This vessel was purchased on July 14 for $660,000 and renamed Grant. She could carry 80 officers, 1,000 men and 1,000 horses.
 
 From 1904 the ship was used as a U.S. Army dredge, and in this role was renamed Chinouk.  
 
She was scrapped in 1946