Allied Warships

USS Pigeon (AM 374)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 374 
Built bySavannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered4 Dec 1943 
Laid down10 Nov 1944 
Launched28 Mar 1945 
Commissioned30 Oct 1945 
End service14 Jan 1955 
History

Decommissioned 10 July 1946 at Orange, Texas
Recommissioned 30 November 1950
Decommissioned 14 January 1955 at Green Cove Springs, Florida
Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-374 on 7 February 1955
Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1966 and sold for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS Pigeon (AM 374)

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1Robert S. Catchcart, USNR30 Oct 194510 Jul 1946

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