Allied Warships

USS Specter (AM 306)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 306 
Built byAssociated Shipbuilders (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down9 May 1943 
Launched15 Feb 1944 
Commissioned30 Aug 1944 
End service 1946 
History

Laid down as Spector but renamed Specter on 8 March 1944
Decommissioned in 1946 at Orange, Texas
Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1972
Transferred to Mexico 11 April 1973 being renamed DM-04 (ID-04).

 

Commands listed for USS Specter (AM 306)

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1Lt. Jacques Chevalier, USNR30 Aug 1944

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