USS Broadbill

USS Broadbill (AM-58), was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the broadbill, a hunters' nickname for the greater scaup, a diving duck common in the winter along the Atlantic coast. Broadbill was launched on 21 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, sponsored by Mrs. A. Loring Swasey, wife of Captain Swasey. She was commissioned on 13 October 1942.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

Wikidata
Auk-class minesweeper, minesweeper, Defoe Shipbuilding Company, United States Navy, 

​

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1946-06-03T00:00:00Z

1946-06-03T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1954-01-24T00:00:00Z

1954-01-24T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1952-03-19T00:00:00Z

1952-03-19T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1942-05-21T00:00:00Z

1942-05-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source