Mohawk was a steam passenger ship built in 1908 by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia for Clyde Steamship Company with intention of operating between New England and southern ports of the United States.

In 1907 Clyde Steamship Co. following an expansion of their business decided to increase the number of sailings between New York and southern ports of Charleston and Jacksonville to four per week.

[6] Mohawk continued serving the same route for the rest of her career, connecting Charleston and Jacksonville with Boston and New York, with occasional stops at Brunswick.

[8] On January 15, 1910 while anchored at the entrance to St. John's River, the steamer's crew witnessed steamship Chatham striking a jetty and opening a hole in her bow.

signal informing the city of the accident and then went by the sinking ship to take aboard all of her crew, passengers and their baggage and then safely landing them at Jacksonville.

[12] In November 1910, Mohawk made history by using the first female shipboard wireless operator to make overnight ocean-going runs, 22-year-old Graynella Packer of Jacksonville.

[15] Following that trip Mohawk transported a large group of Mallory-Clyde agents and officials from the southern states to New York to participate in the conference being held there.

[16] On November 12, 1914 Mohawk's deck turned into a murder scene as George Batchelor Perkins, a well-known interior decorator and designer from Boston, and M.I.T.

Perkins apparently suffered from sleeplessness and appeared to be acting in a dazzled state possibly due to taking several doses of prescribed opiate medication prior to the incident.

Edna was apparently intercepted by a German submarine U-151, who forced her crew to abandon the ship and fired a few shots at her in hopes the schooner would sink or explode as she was laden with gasoline and oil.

After initial attempts to quickly extinguish fire failed, a distress call was sent at 23:45 and picked by the Henlopen Radio Compass Station.

As the storm continued raging, captain Staples decided to seek refuge in the Delaware Bay where he hoped to disembark passengers in much calmer waters.

The distress signal was also picked by Merchants' and Miners' Steamship Co. steamer Persian whose captain being a certified Delaware Bay pilot offered to escort Mohawk.

All passengers were transferred to the cutter and tugs and safely landed in Lewes at 12:40 on January 2 and then boarded a special train arranged for by the Clyde Line to take them to their destinations.

The wreck laid in approximately nine feet of water, and was inspected on January 9 by the Clyde Line representative and it appeared the whole interior of the vessel had burnt down including her machinery.