Allied Warships

USS Device (AM 220)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 220 
Built byTampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down1 Jul 1943 
Launched21 May 1944 
Commissioned7 Jul 1944 
End service4 Feb 1954 
History

Decommissioned 24 August 1946 at Orange, Texas
Recommissioned 16 March 1950
Decommissioned 4 February 1954 at Orange, Texas
Sold to Mexico and redesignated D-1.

 

Commands listed for USS Device (AM 220)

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1Russell Remage, Jr., USNR7 Jul 194413 Nov 1945

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