Allied Warships

USS Requisite (AM 109)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 109 
Built byWinslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down12 Nov 1941 
Launched25 Jul 1942 
Commissioned7 Jun 1943 
End service1 Apr 1964 
History

Decommissioned 23 December 1947 at Orange, Texas
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
Recommissioned 15 February 1950
Reclassified as a Survey Ship AGS-18 18 August 1951
Decommissioned 1 April 1964 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1964.

 

Commands listed for USS Requisite (AM 109)

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1Lt. Robert Wallace Graham, USNR7 Jun 1943Oct 1943
2H. R. Pierce, Jr., USNROct 19431 Jun 1945
3James Donald Swartout, USNR1 Jun 194517 Dec 1945

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