USS Execute
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USS Execute (AM-232) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered and laid down as USS PCE-905, the lead ship of the PCE-905 class of patrol craft. She was reclassified as an Admirable-class minesweeper by the time of her June 1944 launch, and named Execute by the time of her November 1944 commissioning. After service in the Pacific during World War II, she was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, Execute was reclassified as MSF-232 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-03. In 1994, she was renamed ARM General Juan N. Méndez (C51). She was stricken in July 2001, but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.
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United States | |
Name | USS PCE-905 |
Builder | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle |
Laid down | March 29, 1944 |
Renamed | USS Execute (AM-232) |
Launched | June 22, 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. R. J. Huff |
Commissioned | November 15, 1944 |
Decommissioned | August 6, 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-232, February 7, 1955 |
Stricken | May 1, 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 1962 |
History | |
Mexico | |
Name | ARM DM-03 |
Acquired | 1962 |
Renamed | ARM General Juan N. Méndez (C51), 1994[1] |
Namesake | Juan N. Méndez |
Stricken | July 16, 2001[1] |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PCE-905-class patrol craft |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper, by June 1944 |
Displacement | 650 long tons (660 t) |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
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Operations: | Battle of Okinawa |