| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Raven |
| Pennant | AM 55 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Sep 1938 |
| Laid down | 28 Jun 1939 |
| Launched | 24 Aug 1940 |
| Commissioned | 11 Nov 1940 |
| End service | 31 May 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned on 31 May 1946 and place in reserve at San Diego, California |
Commands listed for USS Raven (AM 55)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Joe Warren Stryker, USN | 11 Nov 1940 | late 1941 |
| 2 | Francis Smith Kirk, USN | late 1941 | 19 May 1942 |
| 3 | Charles Guequierre Rucker, USN | 19 May 1942 | 23 Jan 1943 |
| 4 | Lt.(jg) James L. Davenport, USNR | 23 Jan 1943 | 6 Oct 1943 |
| 5 | John Francis Madden, USNR | 6 Oct 1943 | Aug 1945 |
| 6 | Lt. Henry Walter Bull, Jr., USNR | Aug 1945 | 17 Jan 1946 |
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Notable events involving Raven include:
6 Dec 1943
USS Raven picks up 16 survivors from the American tanker Touchet that was torpedoed and sunk on 3 December 1943 by German U-boat U-193 in the Gulf of Mexico in position 25°50'N, 86°30'W.