Allied Warships

USS Ruddy (AM 380)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 380
Built by	Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.)
Ordered	3 Aug 1943
Laid down	24 Feb 1944
Launched	29 Oct 1944
Commissioned	28 Apr 1945
End service	31 Aug 1956
History	Decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego, California Recommissioned 12 March 1952 Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-380 on 10 February 1955 Decommissioned 31 August 1956 at San Diego, California Transferred 1 November 1960 to Peru under the terms of the military assistance program being renamed Galvez Struck from the Naval Register 17 May 1974.

Commands listed for USS Ruddy (AM 380)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr William Howard Rothwell, 2nd, USNR	28 Apr 1945	24 Aug 1945 (1)
2	James Gardner Newman, USNR	24 Aug 1945

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Sources

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