| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Adroit |
| Pennant | AM 94 |
| Built by | Jakobson Shipyard Inc (Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 19 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 10 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 11 Dec 1942 |
| End service | 22 Jan 1946 |
| History | Reclassified as patrol craft PC-1598 on 1 June 1944 |
Commands listed for USS Excel (AM 94)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Marcus Lucius Whitford, USNR | 11 Dec 1942 | 21 Mar 1943 |
| 2 | Chandler Hovey, Jr., USNR | 21 Mar 1943 | 13 Sep 1943 |
| 3 | John Ulysses Nixon, USNR | 13 Sep 1943 | 17 May 1944 |
| 4 | Warwick Peter Scott, USNR | 17 May 1944 | late 1944 |
| 5 | M. M. Hambrick, USNR | late 1944 | mid 1945 |
| 6 | V. G. Pedigo, USNR | mid 1945 | 28 Oct 1945 |
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