Allied Warships

USS Toucan (AM 387)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 387
Built by	American Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.)
Ordered	3 Aug 1943
Laid down	16 Feb 1944
Launched	15 Sep 1944
Commissioned	25 Nov 1944
End service	1 May 1957
History	Placed out of commission, in reserve 1 July 1946 at San Diego, California Recommissioned 27 October 1950 Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-387 on 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 1 May 1957 and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet 27 May 1964 for conversion Transferred to Taiwan 22 December 1964 and redesignated PCE-45 Sunk by Chinese Warships 6 August 1965.

Commands listed for USS Toucan (AM 387)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr Stephen Henry Squibb, USNR	25 Nov 1944	5 Nov 1945 (1)

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