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Skylark (AM 63)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Nan - Fox

Sunk 28 April 1945

Auk Class Minesweeper:

The first Skylark was laid down 9 July 1941 by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA

Launched 12 March 1942

Commissioned 25 November 1942

Struck two mines off Hagushi beaches, Okinawa 28 April 1945, sank, and struck from the Naval Register the same day.

Specifications:

Displacement 890 t.

Length 221' 2"

Beam 32' 2"

Draft 10' 9"

Speed 18.1 kts.

Complement 105

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, eight 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks, and five depth charge projectors

Propulsion: Two 1,559shp ALCO 539 diesel electric engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	41k	Namesake: Skylark - A common, largely brown Old World lark noted for its song, especially as uttered in vertical flight		Tommy Trampp Photo added 5 April 2020
	173k	U.S. Navy photo NH 89202		Naval History and Heritage Command

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR Chester Arthur Kunz, USN	25 November 1942
02	LCDR Roy Herbert Jones, USN	21 June 1943 - 21 November 1943
03	LT George Madison Estep, USN - Awarded the Legion of Merit (1945)	21 November 1943 - 28 April 1945

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website

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