| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Skylark |
| Namesake | skylark |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 9 July 1941 |
| Launched | 12 March 1942 |
| Commissioned | 25 November 1942 |
| Stricken | 28 April 1945 |
| Identification | AM-63 |
| Honours and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sunk by a mine off Okinawa, 28 March 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length | 220 ft 6 in (67.21 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed | 18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph) |
| Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
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USS Skylark (AM-63) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She earned three battle stars during World War II. Skylark was mined and sunk off Okinawa in April 1945. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register the same day.