Allied Warships

USS Ptarmigan (AM 376)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 376
Built by	Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.)
Ordered	3 Aug 1943
Laid down	9 Mar 1944
Launched	15 Jul 1944
Commissioned	15 Jan 1945
End service	17 May 1957
History	Decommissioned 3 June 1946 at San Pedro, Californi Recommissioned 28 October 1950 Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-376 on 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 17 May 1957 at Astoria, Oregon Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1963 and transferred to the Republic of Korea on 23 July 1963 being renamed ROK Shin Song (PCE-1001).

Commands listed for USS Ptarmigan (AM 376)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Cmdr. Francis Post Allen, Jr., USNR	15 Jan 1945	Oct 1945

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