Allied Warships

USS Shoveler (AM 382)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 382
Built by	Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.)
Ordered	3 Aug 1943
Laid down	1 Apr 1944
Launched	10 Dec 1944
Commissioned	22 May 1945
End service	28 Sep 1956
History	Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 5 November 1946 at San Pedro California Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet Recommissioned 24 July 1951 Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-382) on 7 February 1955 Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve 28 September 1956 at San Diego, California Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet Loaned to Peru under the Military Assistance Program 1 November 1960 and renamed Diez Canseco (MSF-69).

Commands listed for USS Shoveler (AM 382)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr Edwin Harold Jones, Jr., USNR	22 May 1945	19 Nov 1945 (1)

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Sources

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