Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Auk |
Pennant | AM 65 |
Built by | General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 5 Nov 1940 |
Laid down | 19 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 6 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 14 Jan 1943 |
Lost | 22 Apr 1945 |
Loss position | 26° 10'N, 127° 12'E |
History | Sunk after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft west of Okinawa in position 26º10'N, 127º12'E. |
Commands listed for USS Swallow (AM 65)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | R. S. Moore, USNR | 14 Jan 1943 | early 1944 |
2 | Luther Martin Kennett, Jr., USNR | early 1944 | early 1945 |
3 | Whitefield F. Kimball, USNR | early 1945 | 22 Apr 1945 |
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