Allied Warships

USS Dour (AM 223)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 223 
Built byAmerican Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.) 
Ordered12 Aug 1943 
Laid down24 Oct 1942 
Launched25 Mar 1944 
Commissioned4 Nov 1944 
End service15 Mar 1947 
History

Decommissioned 15 March 1947 at Orange Texas
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange.

 

Commands listed for USS Dour (AM 223)

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1Lt. William Vandiver Byrd, USNR4 Nov 1944late 1945

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