USS Rail (AMCU-37)

USS Rail (LCI(L)-1022/AMCU-37/MHC-37) was a Landing Craft Infantry Large.of the United States Navy, later converted to an AMCU-7-class coastal minesweeper.

The ship was laid down by the Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon, on 3 March 1944, launched on 17 April 1944, and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-1022 on 18 May 1944.

She put into Shanghai before steaming for Pearl Harbor; San Pedro, California; the Canal Zone; and New Orleans, where she arrived on 20 May 1946 and reported to Commander, 8th Naval District, for inactivation.

Naval Mine Countermeasures Station in Panama City, Florida, for further sonar evaluation, returning to Little Creek in December.

In June 1954 Rail was ordered to Coco Solo, Canal Zone, and placed under operational control of the Commandant, 15th Naval District.