Allied Warships

USS Inaugural (AM 242)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Admirable
Pennant	AM 242
Built by	Winslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Mar 1942
Laid down	22 May 1944
Launched	1 Oct 1944
Commissioned	30 Dec 1944
End service	9 Sep 1946
History	Decommissioned, 9 September 1946 at Galveston, Texas Assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange Group Struck from the Naval Register 1 March 1967 Museum hulk at St. Louis 1968 Sunk by river flooding 1 September 1993. Resting upside down in the Mississippi River, St. Louis MO. The hulk is tied up to the dock nearly under the MacAurther railroad Bridge.

Commands listed for USS Inaugural (AM 242)

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	Commander	From	To
1	John Henry Pace, USNR	30 Dec 1944

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