Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AM 26 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 Dec 1917 |
Launched | 25 Apr 1918 |
Commissioned | 5 Jun 1918 |
End service | 29 Apr 1946 |
History | Reclassified fleet tug AT-139 on 1 June 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Rail (AM 26)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Francis Willes Beard, USN | mid 1939 | early 1943 |
2 | Leslie Charles Oaks, USN | early 1943 | 5 Nov 1943 |
3 | Herbert Kineald Smith, USN | 5 Nov 1943 | Sep 1944 |
4 | Theodore Paul Pierce, USNR | Sep 1944 | Mar 1945 |
5 | Edward Douglas White, USNR | Mar 1945 | Jul 1945 |
6 | Orval Frank Allen, USN | 20 Jul 1945 | 29 Apr 1946 |
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