USS Swerve

USS Swerve

USS "Swerve" may refer to:

*, laid down on 27 May 1942 by the John H. Mathis Co., Camden, New Jersey
* (formerly AM-495), laid down on 20 December 1954 by Broward Marine Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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