USS Sheldrake (AM-62)

USS "Sheldrake" (AM-62) was an for the Panama Canal. They transited the canal on the 19th, visited Mazatlan, Mexico, on the 29th, and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 12 August. After almost three months in Hawaii, "Sheldrake" deployed to the western Pacific on 9 November. For almost a year and one-half, she and USS|Tanner|AGS-15|2 and USS|Towhee|AM-388|2(surveyed in the western Pacific, in the Philippines, and along the Southeast Asian coast. On 9 April, she returned to Pearl Harbor.

Second decommissioning

She remained in Hawaii until struck from the Navy List on 30 June 1968 and decommissioned on 1 August. She was turned over to the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor until sold to Flynn-Learner of Honolulu on 2 November 1971 for scrapping.

Awards

"Sheldrake" earned four battle stars for World War II.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* Korean War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02062.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive]
* [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-62_Sheldrake.html Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945AM-62 USS "Sheldrake"]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/tags-26.htm TAGS 26 Silas Bent Survey Ship]
* [http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA066688 Preliminary Bottom Loss Data from Explosive Sound Sources in Area 'A',]
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=226 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Auk class Minesweepers]
* [http://www.dd-692.com/captain'.htm The Captain's and XO's]