Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AVP 5 |
Mod | Seaplane tender |
Built by | Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 8 Oct 1917 |
Launched | 25 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 20 Aug 1918 |
End service | 5 Dec 1946 |
History | Redesignated as a small seaplane tender AVP-5 on 22 January 1936 |
Commands listed for USS Teal (AVP 5)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Robert Burns Pirie, USN | mid 1938 | late 1939 |
2 | Henry Johnston McRoberts, USN | late 1939 | 8 Aug 1941 |
3 | Lt. Albert Sidney Major, Jr., USN | 8 Aug 1941 | 7 Jan 1943 |
4 | Reuben Jacobsen, USNR | 7 Jan 1943 | 13 Nov 1943 |
5 | Merle Francis Parrott, USN | 13 Nov 1943 | 17 Dec 1943 |
6 | Robert Emanuael Noel, USN | 17 Dec 1943 | 17 Jun 1944 |
7 | Lawrence Howard Breland, USNR | 17 Jun 1944 | 23 Nov 1945 |
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