Allied Warships

USS Pelican (AVP 6)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

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 Recommissioned on 17 August 1922 and modified to serve as an aircraft tender Redesignated as small seaplane tender (AVP-6) on 22 January 1936 Decommissioned on 30 November 1945 Stricken on 19 December 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap in November 1946

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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