Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AM 21 |
Built by | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Md, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 11 Mar 1918 |
Launched | 6 Aug 1918 |
Commissioned | 12 Apr 1919 |
End service | 6 Feb 1946 |
History | Reclassified fleet tug AT-168 on 1 March 1944 |
Commands listed for USS Lark (AM 21)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | John Orla Jenkins, USN | 15 Jan 1938 | Mar 1941 |
2 | Hugh Pollard Thomson, USN | Mar 1941 | Jan 1943 |
3 | Eugene Carter Rider, USN | Jan 1943 | 30 Apr 1943 |
4 | John Frink Rowe, USNR | 30 Apr 1943 | Jun 1944 |
5 | Paul C. Lindlay, Jr., USNR | Jun 1944 | 18 Jun 1945 |
6 | Herbert Fendle Hugo, USN | 18 Jun 1945 | 7 Feb 1946 |
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Notable events involving Lark include:
27 Aug 1943
HrMs K XII (Lt.Cdr. T. Brunsting, RNN) conducted A/S exercises off Fremantle with USS Lark. (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.37.198 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)