USS Swan

USS Swan

USS "Swan" is a name the U.S. Navy has used for more than one of its vessels:

* USS "Swan" (SP-1437), a wooden-hulled motor boat, was acquired by the Navy in 1917 but never commissioned.
* USS Swan (AM-34), a minesweeper, was laid down at Mobile, Alabama, in 1917.
* USS Swan (AMS-37), laid down in 1943 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., at Jacksonville, Florida, as PCS-1438; later redesignated YMS-470.

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