USS Chewink (ASR 3)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Lapwing
Pennant	ASR 3
Mod	Submarine rescue vessel
Built by	Todd Shipyard Corp. (New York, New York, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Jul 1918
Launched	21 Dec 1918
Commissioned	9 Apr 1919
End service	4 Feb 1947
History	Completed as minesweeper Reclassified submarine rescue vessel (ASR-3) on 12 September 1929 Decommissioned on 21 August 1933 Recommissioned on 12 November 1940 Decommissioned on 4 February 1947 Sunk as a target on 31 July 1947

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Karl Raymond Wheland, USN	12 Nov 1940	8 Jul 1942
2	Chief Boatswain Eugene John Frieh, USN	8 Jul 1942	Jul 1943
3	Lt. George Waugh Albin, Jr., USNR	Jul 1943	22 Jan 1944
4	T/Lt. John Owen Cavanaugh, USN	22 Jan 1944	8 May 1944
5	T/Lt. William Peter Baron, USN	8 May 1944	Nov 1944
6	Paul Clifford Cotrell, USN	Nov 1944

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14 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

15 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

16 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

17 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

19 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

20 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

21 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

22 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

23 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

24 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

25 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

27 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

28 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

29 Apr 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

2 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

3 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. J.O. Cavanaugh, USN).

9 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

11 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

12 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

13 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

27 May 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

1 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

4 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

5 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

9 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

10 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

12 Jun 1944
USS Dragonet (T/Cdr. J.H. Lewis, USN) conducted special depth charge trials with USS Chewick (T/Lt. W.P. Baron, USN).

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