sentences: "Spear" was laid down as "HMS Errant" (BAM-22) on 28 October 1942 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington; renamed "USS Spear" and reclassified AM-322 on 23 January 1943; launched on 25 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Lois Wilcox; and commissioned on 31 December 1943, Lt. A. M. Savage, USNR, in command.