Allied Warships

USS Lark (AM 21)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLapwing 
PennantAM 21 
Built byBaltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Md, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down11 Mar 1918 
Launched6 Aug 1918 
Commissioned12 Apr 1919 
End service6 Feb 1946 
History

Reclassified fleet tug AT-168 on 1 March 1944
Redesignated fleet tug old ATO-168 on 15 May 1944
Decommissioned on 7 February 1946 at San Francisco, California

 

Commands listed for USS Lark (AM 21)

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

CommanderFromTo
1Lt. John Orla Jenkins, USN15 Jan 1938Mar 1941
2Lt. Hugh Pollard Thomson, USNMar 1941Jan 1943
3Lt. Eugene Carter Rider, USNJan 194330 Apr 1943
4John Frink Rowe, USNR30 Apr 1943Jun 1944
5Paul C. Lindlay, Jr., USNRJun 194418 Jun 1945
6Herbert Fendle Hugo, USN18 Jun 19457 Feb 1946

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Notable events involving Lark include:


27 Aug 1943
HrMs K XII (Lt.Cdr. T. Brunsting, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Fremantle with USS Lark. (1)

Sources

  1. File 2.12.37.198 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)

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