Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Auk |
Pennant | AM 340 |
Built by | General Engineering and Dry Dock Co. (Alameda, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 20 Feb 1943 |
Launched | 22 Jun 1943 |
Commissioned | 25 May 1944 |
End service | 30 Jan 1947 |
History | Laid down as HMS Buffalo (BAM 8), retained by the USN and renamed Ardent and redesignated AM-340 on 24 May 1943 |
Commands listed for USS Ardent (AM 340)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Allan Davis Curtis, USNR | 25 May 1944 | 12 Aug 1945 |
2 | Robert Michael Simms, USNR | 12 Aug 1945 |
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