USS Specter (AM-306)
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USS Specter (AM-306) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered, laid down, and launched as USS Spector (AM-306), but was renamed the correctly spelled Specter in March 1944. She was awarded four battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, Specter was reclassified as MSF-306 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In April 1973, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-04. In 1994 she was renamed ARM General Manuel E. Rincón (C52). She was stricken in July 2001, but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.
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United States | |
Name | USS Spector (AM-306) |
Builder | Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle |
Laid down | 5 September 1943 |
Launched | 15 February 1944 |
Sponsored by | Miss Carol D. Petrie |
Renamed | USS Specter (AM-306), 8 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 30 August 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-306, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 11 April 1973 |
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Mexico | |
Name | ARM DM-04 |
Acquired | 11 April 1973 |
Renamed | ARM General Manuel E. Rincón (C52), 1994[1] |
Namesake | Manuel E. Rincón |
Stricken | 16 July 2001[1] |
Fate | unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
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) |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
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Awards: | 4 Battle stars |