USS Shoveler

	USS Shoveler (third ship from left) at Sasebo, Japan, 1952
History
United States
Name	USS Shoveler
Namesake	Shoveler duck
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down	1 April 1944
Launched	10 December 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. William G. Burkhart
Commissioned	22 May 1945
Decommissioned	5 November 1946
Recommissioned	24 July 1951
Reclassified	MSF-382, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	28 September 1956 at San Diego, California
Stricken	17 May 1974
Honors and; awards	one battle star for World War II service and one for service in the Korean War
Fate	Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1960
History
Peru
Name	BAP Diez Canseco
Namesake	Diez Canseco
Acquired	1 November 1960
Fate	Stricken 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement	890 tons
Length	221' 1"
Beam	32' 2"
Draft	10' 9"
Propulsion	two 3,532shp General Motors 12-278A diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
Speed	18.1 knots
Complement	117 officers and enlisted
Armament	one 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount; two single 40 mm gun mounts; six single 20 mm gun mounts; one depth charge thrower (Hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks;

USS Shoveler (AM-382) was an

U.S. Navy

for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Construction history

Shoveler was laid down on 1 April 1944 by

Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama

; launched on 10 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William G. Burkhart; and commissioned on 22 May 1945.

World War II service

Shoveler was fitted out at

Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, via Pearl Harbor

.

Shoveler arrived at

Nagasaki, and Kagoshima

.

Shoveler sailed from

minesweeper

was placed out of commission, in reserve, on 5 November 1946.

Korean War service

Shoveler was recommissioned on 24 July 1951 and assigned to

schoolship

for three months.

On 20 March, Shoveler was ordered to the

Korean war

zone.

Shoveler arrived at

sampans with gunfire and bombarded the coast when afforded the opportunity. On 17 June, she was fired on by an enemy shore battery on Mayang Do

but received no hits.

Shoveler returned to Sasebo in mid-October; and, on the 20th, she cleared that port for

Mine Division

72.

Shoveler was again deployed to the

Sasebo. Shoveler's hull classification was changed from AM-382 to MSF-382 on 7 February. She departed the Far East on 9 May and arrived at Long Beach, California

, on 1 June 1955.