Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Auk |
Pennant | AM 315 |
Built by | General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 25 Jul 1942 |
Launched | 5 Jan 1943 |
Commissioned | 9 Oct 1943 |
End service | 1 Nov 1954 |
History | Laid down as HMS Alice (BAM 2) but retained by the USN an renamed and reclassified Chief (AM-315) on 23 January 1943 |
Commands listed for USS Chief (AM 315)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Cmdr. John McKay Wyckoff, USNR | 9 Oct 1943 | 28 Aug 1944 |
2 | Andrew Winslow, 2nd, USNR | 28 Aug 1944 | 30 Aug 1945 |
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