Allied Warships

USS Chewink (ASR 3)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Lapwing
Pennant	ASR 3
Mod	Submarine rescue vessel
Built by	Todd Shipyard Corp. (New York, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Jul 1918
Launched	21 Dec 1918
Commissioned	9 Apr 1919
End service	4 Feb 1947
History	Completed as minesweeper Reclassified submarine rescue vessel (ASR-3) on 12 September 1929 Decommissioned on 21 August 1933 Recommissioned on 12 November 1940 Decommissioned on 4 February 1947 Sunk as a target on 31 July 1947

Commands listed for USS Chewink (ASR 3)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Karl Raymond Wheland, USN	12 Nov 1940	8 Jul 1942
2	Chief Boatswain Eugene John Frieh, USN	8 Jul 1942	Jul 1943
3	George Waugh Albin, Jr., USNR	Jul 1943	22 Jan 1944
4	John O. Cavanaugh, USN	22 Jan 1944	8 May 1944
5	William Peter Baron, USN	8 May 1944	Nov 1944
6	Paul Clifford Cotrell, USN	Nov 1944

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