| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | AVP 7 |
| Mod | Seaplane tender |
| Built by | Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 10 Dec 1917 |
| Launched | 4 Jul 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 Jan 1919 |
| End service | 13 Dec 1945 |
| History | Decommissioned on 23 May 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Swan (AVP 7)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | John Francis Greenslade, USN | 28 May 1938 | mid 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. Alfred Russell Truslow, Jr., USN | mid 1940 | 12 Aug 1941 |
| 3 | Lt. Finley Elliott Hall, USN | 12 Aug 1941 | Sep 1942 |
| 4 | Lt. Cecil Kelly Harper, USN | Sep 1942 | 8 Mar 1943 |
| 5 | Charles E. Napier, USN | 8 Mar 1943 | Jul 1944 |
| 6 | Glenn H. Fauss, USNR | Jul 1944 | Jul 1945 |
| 7 | Henry W. Sawyer, USNR | Jul 1945 | 13 Dec 1945 |
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