Allied Warships

USS Invade (AM 254)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 254 
Built bySavannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down19 Jan 1944 
Launched6 Feb 1944 
Commissioned18 Sep 1944 
End service7 Aug 1946 
History

Decommissioned 7 August 1946 at Orange, Texas
Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1962
Sold to Mexico 30 August 1962, reclassified DM-18.

 

Commands listed for USS Invade (AM 254)

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1Henry Harrison Silliman, USNR18 Sep 194423 Nov 1944
2William Jefferson Flynn, Jr., USNR23 Nov 1944Nov 1945

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