Allied Warships

USS Ptarmigan (AM 376)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 376 
Built bySavannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered3 Aug 1943 
Laid down9 Mar 1944 
Launched15 Jul 1944 
Commissioned15 Jan 1945 
End service17 May 1957 
History

Decommissioned 3 June 1946 at San Pedro, Californi
Recommissioned 28 October 1950
Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-376 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned 17 May 1957 at Astoria, Oregon
Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1963 and transferred to the Republic of Korea on 23 July 1963 being renamed ROK Shin Song (PCE-1001). 

Commands listed for USS Ptarmigan (AM 376)

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1Lt. Cmdr. Francis Post Allen, Jr., USNR15 Jan 1945Oct 1945

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