Allied Warships

USS Kingfisher (AM 25)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLapwing 
PennantAM 25 
Built byPuget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down 1917 
Launched30 Mar 1918 
Commissioned27 May 1918 
End service6 Feb 1946 
History

Reclassified fleet tug AT-135 on 1 June 1942
Reclassified fleet tug old ATO-135 on 15 May 1944
Decommissioned on 6 February 1946
Sold on 3 June 1947

 

Commands listed for USS Kingfisher (AM 25)

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CommanderFromTo
1Clifford Bragg Schiano, USN18 Apr 193810 Sep 1942
2R. L. Ward, USN10 Sep 194211 Mar 1943
3Bosn. August Blaze Billig, USN11 Mar 194324 Aug 1943
4Jack Todd Moritz, USN24 Aug 194328 May 1944
5Donald Curtis Enyeart, USN28 May 19441 Mar 1945
6W. W. Collins, USNR1 Mar 1945Jul 1945
7H. A. Brown, USNRJul 1945

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