Allied Warships

USS Ruddy (AM 380)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 380 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered3 Aug 1943 
Laid down24 Feb 1944 
Launched29 Oct 1944 
Commissioned28 Apr 1945 
End service31 Aug 1956 
History

Decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego, California
Recommissioned 12 March 1952
Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-380 on 10 February 1955
Decommissioned 31 August 1956 at San Diego, California
Transferred 1 November 1960 to Peru under the terms of the military assistance program being renamed Galvez
Struck from the Naval Register 17 May 1974.

 

Commands listed for USS Ruddy (AM 380)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr William Howard Rothwell, 2nd, USNR28 Apr 194524 Aug 1945 (1)
2James Gardner Newman, USNR24 Aug 1945

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Sources

  1. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/mine/am380.htm

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