Allied Warships

USS Shoveler (AM 382)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 382 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down1 Apr 1944 
Launched10 Dec 1944 
Commissioned22 May 1945 
End service28 Sep 1956 
Loss position
 
History

Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 5 November 1946 at San Pedro California
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Recommissioned 24 July 1951
Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-382) on 7 February 1955
Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 28 September 1956 at San Diego, California
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Loaned to Peru under the Military Assistance Program 1 November 1960 and renamed Diez Canseco (MSF-69).

 

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1Lt.Cdr Edwin H. Jones, Jr., USNR22 May 1945???

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