Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AVP 6 |
Mod | Seaplane tender |
Built by | Gas Engine and Power Co. (Morris Height, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 10 Nov 1917 |
Launched | 12 Jun 1918 |
Commissioned | 10 Oct 1918 |
End service | 30 Nov 1945 |
History | Decommissioned on 3 May 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Pelican (AVP 6)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Howell Jesse Dyson, USN | 31 May 1939 | Jun 1941 |
2 | Lt. John Clement Alderman, USN | June 1941 | Aug 1942 |
3 | Lt. Curtis Howell Hutchings, USN | Aug 1942 | Nov 1942 |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. Eliott Lindsay James, Jr., USN | Nov 1942 | 20 Feb 1943 |
5 | Sidney G. Richardson, USNR | 20 Feb 1943 | 22 Apr 1944 |
6 | Douglas Darwood McIver, USN | 22 Apr 1944 | 7 Apr 1945 |
7 | Lt.(jg) Edgar Everett Chance, USNR | 7 Apr 1945 | 12 Jun 1945 |
8 | Wilfred C. Fish, USNR | 12 Jun 1945 | 8 Oct 1945 |
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