Allied Warships

USS Sheldrake (AM 62)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 62 
Built byGeneral Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down24 Jun 1941 
Launched12 Feb 1942 
Commissioned14 Oct 1942 
End service1 Aug 1968 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 31 May 1946 at San Diego, California
Recommissioned, 14 April 1952 and converted to an Oceanographic Survey Ship (AGS-19) at New York
Struck from the Naval Register 30 June 1968
Decommissioned 1 August 1968 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Sold for scrapping 2 November 1971 to Flynn Learner of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Resold and converted to a barge.

 

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