| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | AM 2 |
| Built by | Todd Shipyard Co. (New.York, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Oct 1917 |
| Launched | 4 Mar 1918 |
| Commissioned | 11 Jul 1918 |
| End service | 26 Jul 1946 |
| History | Reclassified ocean tug AT-137 on 1 June 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Owl (AM 2)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Marshall Barton Gurney, USN | 4 Jun 1939 | 1 Mar 1940 |
| 2 | Charles Guequierre Rucker, USN | 1 Mar 1940 | 24 Apr 1942 |
| 3 | Frederick George Coffin, USN | 24 Apr 1942 | 14 Apr 1943 |
| 4 | Adnah Neyhart Caldin, USN | 14 Apr 1943 | 4 Dec 1943 |
| 5 | Samuel David Tuttle, USNR | 4 Dec 1943 | 11 Dec 1943 |
| 6 | James Carlton Wilson White, USNR | 11 Dec 1943 | 22 Apr 1944 |
| 7 | Samuel David Tuttle, USNR | 22 Apr 1944 | Sep 1944 |
| 8 | John Hugo Thomas, USNR | Sep 1944 | Sep 1945 |
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Notable events involving Owl include:
5 May 1942
The Canadian passenger ship Lady Drake is torpedoed and sunk about 90 miles north of Bermuda in position 35°43'N, 64°43'W by German U-boat U-106. The US minesweeper USS Owl later picks up 256 survivors.
7 Aug 1942
USS Owl picks up 13 survivors from the Uruguayan merchant Maldonado that was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-510 on the 2 August about 250 miles south-southeast of Bermuda.