Allied Warships

USS Thrush (AVP 3)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Lapwing
Pennant	AVP 3
Mod	Seaplane tender
Built by	Pusey and Jones Co (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	27 May 1918
Launched	15 Sep 1918
Commissioned	25 Apr 1919
End service	13 Dec 1945
History	Decommissioned on 3 April 1922 Recommissioned on 31 October 1935 Converted to a small seaplane tender and redesignated AVP-3 on 22 January 1936 Decommissioned on 13 December 1945 Stricken on 8 January 1946 Sold into merchantile service on 21 August 1946 Sunk on 10 March 1951

Commands listed for USS Thrush (AVP 3)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. James Johnston McRoberts, USN	Jul 1939	25 Jun 1941
2	Lt. Joseph Howard Kuhl, USN	25 Jun 1941	Aug 1942
3	Lt. Gorman Coady Merrick, USN	Aug 1942	3 Jan 1943
4	Charles Warren Lockard, USNR	3 Jan 1943	22 May 1944
5	Henry Angelsen, USNR	22 May 1944	13 Dec 1945

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