Allied Warships
USS Token (AM 126)
Minesweeper of the Auk class
USS Token as seen postwar.Photograph with thanks to Steve Childs whose father Maurice Childs served aboard USS Token.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Auk |
| Pennant | AM 126 |
| Built by | Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 7 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 21 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 28 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 31 Dec 1942 |
| End service | 16 Apr 1964 |
| History | Decommissioned 6 January 1948 at Orange, Texas |
Commands listed for USS Token (AM 126)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | William Henry Harrison, USNR | 31 Dec 1942 | Aug 1943 |
| 2 | Richard Francis Hudson, Jr., USNR | Aug 1943 | 5 May 1944 |
| 3 | Lt. William Thomas Hunt, USNR | 5 May 1944 |
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