Allied Warships

USS Daring (AM 87)

Minesweeper of the Adroit class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdroit 
PennantAM 87 
Built byCommercial Iron Works (Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down12 Mar 1942 
Launched23 May 1942 
Commissioned10 Oct 1942 
End service22 Jan 1946 
History

Reclassified as patrol craft PC-1591 on 1 June 1944
Decommissioned on 22 January 1946

 

Commands listed for USS Daring (AM 87)

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CommanderFromTo
1Allen Edward Stiff, USNR10 Oct 194214 May 1943
2John Otis Phillips, USNR14 May 194325 Aug 1943
3Lt. William Thomas Hunt, USNR25 Aug 194323 Apr 1944
4Lt. Hal T. Benham, Jr., USNR23 Apr 194426 Jun 1945
5S. B. Wertheimer, USNR26 Jun 1945Nov 1945

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