Allied Warships

USS Scout (AM 296)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 296 
Built byWinslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down8 Feb 1943 
Launched2 May 1943 
Commissioned3 Mar 1944 
End service1 Mar 1954 
History

Decommissioned 26 February 1947 at Orange, Texas
Recommissioned 11 May 1951
Decommissioned 1 March 1954 at Orange, Texas
Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1962
Transferred to Mexico 1 October 1962 and renamed DM-10.

 

Commands listed for USS Scout (AM 296)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Edmun(d) George Anderson, Jr., USNR3 Mar 1944May 1945
2Robert Louis Kenedy, Jr., USNRMay 1945

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