Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Auk |
Pennant | AM 63 |
Built by | General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 5 Nov 1940 |
Laid down | 9 Jul 1941 |
Launched | 12 Mar 1942 |
Commissioned | 25 Nov 1942 |
Lost | 28 Mar 1945 |
Loss position | 26° 20'N, 127° 40'E |
History | Sunk by 2 mines off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Hagushi beaches in position 26º20'N, 127º40'E. |
Commands listed for USS Skylark (AM 63)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Chester Arthur Kunz, USN | 25 Nov 1942 | 21 Jun 1943 |
2 | Roy Herbert Jones, USNR | 21 Jun 1943 | 21 Nov 1943 |
3 | George Madison Estep, USNR | 21 Nov 1943 | 28 Mar 1945 |
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