Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | AM 52 |
Built by | Philadelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 20 Nov 1918 |
Launched | 26 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 16 Oct 1919 |
End service | 18 Apr 1946 |
History | Reclassified fleet tug AT-144 on 1 June 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Vireo (AM 52)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Philip David Butler, USN | early 1939 | Nov 1939 |
2 | Richard Kent Margetts, USN | Nov 1939 | Dec 1939 |
3 | Clyde Mack Pugh, USN | Dec 1939 | Jan 1940 |
4 | Frederick Joseph Islemann, USN | Jan 1940 | 18 Mar 1942 |
5 | James Claude Legg, USN | 18 Mar 1942 | 2 Nov 1942 |
6 | Charles Henry Stedman, USN | 2 Nov 1942 | Jul 1943 |
7 | Robert Wilson Ekberg, USN | Jul 1943 | 19 May 1944 |
8 | S. D. Northrop, USN | 19 May 1944 | 4 Oct 1944 |
9 | Melvin Edward Seymour, USNR | 4 Oct 1944 | 17 Sep 1945 |
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