Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Auk |
Pennant | AM 131 |
Built by | Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 7 Apr 1941 |
Laid down | 12 Jan 1942 |
Launched | 15 Sep 1942 |
Commissioned | 9 Jul 1943 |
End service | 6 Jul 1956 |
History | Decommissioned 4 June 1946 at San Diego, California |
Commands listed for USS Zeal (AM 131)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Herbert Melvin Jones, USN | 9 Jul 1943 | 19 Jan 1944 (1) |
2 | Ernest Murphy Woodhouse, USNR | 19 Jan 1944 | 13 Aug 1945 |
3 | Stanley Arthur Brand, USNR | 13 Aug 1945 | Oct 1945 |
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