USS Broadbill (AM-58), Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Broadbill (AM-58), was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the Broadbill, a family of small passerine bird species found in tropical southeast Asia and Africa. 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, with Lieutenant Commander J. B. Cleland, Jr., in command.