Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AVP 9 |
Mod | Seaplane tender |
Built by | Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 Nov 1918 |
Launched | 28 Apr 1919 |
Commissioned | 9 Oct 1919 |
End service | 10 Dec 1945 |
History | Redesignated as a small seaplane tender AVP-9 on 22 January 1936 |
Commands listed for USS Sandpiper (AVP 9)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Paul Lee Dudley, USN | 25 Apr 1939 | 22 Jun 1940 |
2 | Lt. Allen Smith, Jr., USN | 22 Jun 1940 | 21 Jun 1941 |
3 | Travis Robert Liverett, USN | 21 Jun 1941 | 27 Jul 1942 |
4 | Lt. Howard Thomas Ewing Anderson, USN | 27 Jul 1942 | 8 Mar 1943 |
5 | Lyle Charles Bradley, USN | 8 Mar 1943 | 16 Nov 1944 |
6 | George Robert Moorman, USNR | 16 Nov 1944 | 9 Jun 1945 |
7 | Lt. Howard George Dean, USNR | 9 Jun 1945 | 10 Dec 1945 |
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