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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Commander | From | To | |
1 | John Francis Greenslade, USN | 28 May 1938 | mid 1940 |
2 | Alfred Russell Truslow, Jr., USN | mid 1940 | 12 Aug 1941 |
3 | Finley Elliott Hall, USN | 12 Aug 1941 | Sep 1942 |
4 | 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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