Allied Warships

USS Sage (AM 111)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 111 
Built byWinslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down29 Jul 1942 
Launched21 Nov 1942 
Commissioned23 Aug 1943 
End service19 Apr 1955 
History

Decommissioned in February 1947 at Orange Texas
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
Recommissioned, 16 March 1951
Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper, (Steel-hulled) MSF-111 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned 19 April 1955 at Green Cove Springs, Florida
Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1972
Sold to Mexico 4 November 1973 and renamed Hermenegildo Galeana (G 19).

 

Commands listed for USS Sage (AM 111)

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1Lt. Franklyn K. Zinn, USNR23 Aug 194326 May 1945
2Lt. Daisy Louis Brantley, USNR26 May 194510 Nov 1945

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