Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | ASR 6 |
Mod | Submarine rescue vessel |
Built by | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 Jun 1918 |
Launched | 29 Jan 1919 |
Commissioned | 15 Jul 1919 |
Lost | 4 May 1942 |
History | Completed as minesweeper USS Pigeon (Lt.Cdr. Frank Alfred Davis, USN) was sunk by a Japanese dive bomber off Corregidor, Philippines on 4 May 1942 |
Commands listed for USS Pigeon (ASR 6)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt. Warren Bell Sampson, USN | 14 Aug 1937 | 2 Oct 1939 |
2 | George Joseph King, USN | 2 Oct 1939 | 12 Feb 1940 |
3 | Richard Ellington Hawes, USN | 12 Feb 1940 | 5 Jan 1942 |
4 | Lt.Cdr. Frank Alfred Davis, USN | 5 Jan 1942 | 4 May 1942 |
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