USS Skylark

USS Skylark

USS "Skylark" may refer to:

*, an "Auk"-class minesweeper, launched in 1942. On 28 April 1945, she struck a mine off Okinawa, and sank.
*, a "Penguin"-class submarine rescue ship. Fleet tug "Yustaga" (ATF-165) was redesignated and renamed "Skylark" (ASR-20) on 7 November 1945. Decommissioned in June 1973, "Skylark" was sold to Brazil, in whose navy she served under the name "Gastao Moutinho" until about 1988.


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