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bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mrs. A. Duncanfield</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>10 January 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>16 February 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>31 May 1946</li><li>15 April 1955</li></ul></div></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Renamed</td><td>USS <i>Defense</i> (AM-317), 23 January 1943</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td>MSF-317, 7 February 1955</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>c. 1972</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Homeport</td><td><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honors and<br />awards</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/Battle_stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle stars">battle stars</a> (World War II)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 battle stars (Korean War)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold to <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, 3 January 1973</td></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/49px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/74px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/98px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">Mexico</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>ARM <i>Manuel Doblado</i> (C73)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Doblado" title="Manuel Doblado">Manuel Doblado</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Acquired</td><td>3 January 1973</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">G05<sup id="cite_ref-Wertheim_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wertheim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">P104, 1993<sup id="cite_ref-Wertheim_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wertheim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>in active service, as of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit">[update]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Wertheim_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wertheim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i>-class minesweeper</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>890 long tons (904 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>221 ft 2 in (67.41 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>32 ft (9.8 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 2,976 shp (2,219 kW) Baldwin VO8 diesel electric drive engines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation_(1886)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886)">Westinghouse</a> single reduction gear</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 shafts</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>18.1 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>105 officers and enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3"/50 caliber gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charge</a> tracks</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">5 × depth charge projectors</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>Defense</i> (AM-317)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a> acquired by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_history">Construction history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Defense</i> was launched on 18 February 1943 at <a href="/wiki/General_Engineering_and_Dry_Dock" class="mw-redirect" title="General Engineering and Dry Dock">General Engineering and Dry Dock</a> Company in <a href="/wiki/Alameda,_California" title="Alameda, California">Alameda, California</a>, sponsored by Mrs. A. Duncanfield, and commissioned on 10 January 1944. She was reclassified <b>MSF-317</b> on 7 February 1955. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II_service">World War II service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Convoy_duty">Convoy duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Convoy duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sailing from <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, on 24 March 1944, <i>Defense</i> escorted a <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> to <a href="/wiki/Majuro" title="Majuro">Majuro</a>, then swept <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> and had escort duty off <a href="/wiki/Tarawa_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarawa Atoll">Tarawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Islands" title="Gilbert Islands">Gilbert Islands</a>, from 9 to 19 April. She returned to <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> on 30 April, and between 8 May and 9 July escorted two convoys, one to Majuro and one to <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>. After conducting experimental minesweeping exercises at Pearl Harbor until 22 July, she got underway for San Francisco, arriving there on 30 July. </p><p>From August through December 1944, <i>Defense</i> provided a variety of services for ships in shakedown off <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, and joined in exercises in the <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiian Islands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iwo_Jima_and_Okinawa_operations">Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sailing from Pearl Harbor on 27 January 1945, <i>Defense</i> arrived off <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a> on 16 February as the pre-invasion <a href="/wiki/Bombardment" title="Bombardment">bombardment</a> of the island began. She patrolled in the <a href="/wiki/Antisubmarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisubmarine">antisubmarine</a> screen until late on 19 February, day of the landings, when she cleared to escort unladen transports to <a href="/wiki/Saipan" class="mw-redirect" title="Saipan">Saipan</a>. From 1 to 7 March, she again patrolled off Iwo Jima, and on 10 March arrived at Ulithi, staging point for the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>. Nine days later, she was underway for minesweeping operations out of <a href="/wiki/Kerama_Retto" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerama Retto">Kerama Retto</a> in preparation for the invasion landings on Okinawa scheduled for 1 April. </p><p>During the massive suicide plane attack six days after the initial landings, <i>Defense</i> took a group of four attackers under fire. She splashed one, drove one off, and was struck by the other two after they had been heavily damaged by her antiaircraft fire. Despite her own damage, she went to the aid of two other stricken ships, rescuing 60 men from the destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Newcomb" title="USS Newcomb"><i>Newcomb</i> (DD-586)</a> and towing crippled <a href="/wiki/USS_Leutze" title="USS Leutze"><i>Leutze</i> (DD-481)</a> to Kerama Retto. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End-of-war_activity">End-of-war activity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: End-of-war activity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After temporary repairs had been completed on 11 April 1945, <i>Defense</i> sailed for <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington via Pearl Harbor. She arrived at the Naval Ammunition Depot, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Island,_Washington" title="Indian Island, Washington">Indian Island, Washington</a> on 26 May 1945 and spent the better part of the next three months in dry dock. On Monday, 3 September 1945 she sailed for the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Western Pacific</a> for occupation duty at Okinawa, <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, and various Japanese ports, including Nagasaki. She served in <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a> until 6 March 1946, when she cleared <a href="/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> for <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, arriving there on 21 April. <i>Defense</i> was placed out of commission in reserve there on 31 May 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Korean_War_service">Korean War service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Korean War service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg/220px-USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg/330px-USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg/440px-USS_Impeccable_80-G-632291.jpg 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="442" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>Defense</i> (fourth ship from left) at Sasebo, Japan, 1952</figcaption></figure> <p>Recommissioned on 16 February 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a> because of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, <i>Defense</i> sailed for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Yokosuka" title="United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka">Yokosuka</a> on 7 July, arriving there on 16 August. Operating in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korean</a> waters in support of <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> forces, she cleared the waters at <a href="/wiki/Inchon" class="mw-redirect" title="Inchon">Inchon</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Wonsan" title="Wonsan">Wonsan</a>-<a href="/wiki/Chongjin" title="Chongjin">Chongjin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Songjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Songjin">Songjin</a> area of mines until 8 January 1953, when she left Yokosuka heading for Long Beach, where she arrived on 6 February. </p><p>Along with another tour of duty in the <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> from 6 October 1953 to 2 June 1954, <i>Defense</i> operated along the coast of <a href="/wiki/Southern_California" title="Southern California">Southern California</a> until again placed out of commission in reserve on 16 April 1956. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mexican_Navy_service">Mexican Navy service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mexican Navy service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 January 1973, the former <i>Defense</i> was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a> where she was named ARM <i>Manuel Doblado</i> (C73). Her pennant number was later changed to G05, before being changed a final time to P104 in 1993. As of 2007<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, <i>Manuel Doblado</i> was in active service with the Mexican Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-Wertheim_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wertheim-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Defense received two battle stars for World War II service and two for the Korean War. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Wertheim-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Wertheim_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wertheim_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wertheim_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Wertheim_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWertheim2007" class="citation book cs1">Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). <i>The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems</i> (15th ed.). <a href="/wiki/Annapolis,_Maryland" title="Annapolis, Maryland">Annapolis, Maryland</a>: <a href="/wiki/Naval_Institute_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Institute Press">Naval Institute Press</a>. p. 472. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-955-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59114-955-2"><bdi>978-1-59114-955-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/140283156">140283156</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Naval+Institute+Guide+to+Combat+Fleets+of+the+World%3A+Their+Ships%2C+Aircraft%2C+and+Systems&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pages=472&rft.edition=15th&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F140283156&rft.isbn=978-1-59114-955-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUSS+Defense" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Defense&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. The entry can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d2/defense.htm">here</a>.</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02317.htm">Photo gallery</a> of USS <i>Defense</i> at NavSource Naval History</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-d/am317.htm">USS <i>Defense</i> (AM-317/MSF-317), 1944-1973</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl 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Chickadee"><i>Chickadee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chief_(AM-315)" title="USS Chief (AM-315)"><i>Chief</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Competent_(AM-316)" title="USS Competent (AM-316)"><i>Competent</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Defense</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Devastator_(AM-318)" title="USS Devastator (AM-318)"><i>Devastator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dextrous_(AM-341)" title="USS Dextrous (AM-341)"><i>Dextrous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gladiator_(AM-319)" title="USS Gladiator (AM-319)"><i>Gladiator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Heed" title="USS Heed"><i>Heed</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herald_(AM-101)" title="USS Herald (AM-101)"><i>Herald</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Impeccable_(AM-320)" title="USS Impeccable (AM-320)"><i>Impeccable</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Minivet_(AM-371)" title="USS Minivet (AM-371)"><i>Minivet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Motive" title="USS Motive"><i>Motive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Murrelet" title="USS Murrelet"><i>Murrelet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nuthatch" title="USS Nuthatch"><i>Nuthatch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oracle" title="USS Oracle"><i>Oracle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Peregrine" title="USS Peregrine"><i>Peregrine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pheasant" title="USS Pheasant"><i>Pheasant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pigeon_(AM-374)" title="USS Pigeon (AM-374)"><i>Pigeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pilot" title="USS Pilot"><i>Pilot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pioneer_(AM-105)" title="USS Pioneer (AM-105)"><i>Pioneer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pochard" title="USS Pochard"><i>Pochard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Portent" title="USS Portent"><i>Portent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Prevail_(AM-107)" title="USS Prevail (AM-107)"><i>Prevail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ptarmigan" title="USS Ptarmigan"><i>Ptarmigan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pursuit_(AM-108)" title="USS Pursuit (AM-108)"><i>Pursuit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Quail_(AM-377)" title="USS Quail (AM-377)"><i>Quail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Redstart" title="USS Redstart"><i>Redstart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Requisite" title="USS Requisite"><i>Requisite</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Revenge_(AM-110)" title="USS Revenge (AM-110)"><i>Revenge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Roselle_(AM-379)" title="USS Roselle (AM-379)"><i>Roselle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruddy" title="USS Ruddy"><i>Ruddy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sage" title="USS Sage"><i>Sage</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scoter_(AM-381)" title="USS Scoter (AM-381)"><i>Scoter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Seer" title="USS Seer"><i>Seer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sentinel_(AM-113)" title="USS Sentinel (AM-113)"><i>Sentinel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sheldrake" title="USS Sheldrake"><i>Sheldrake</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shoveler" title="USS Shoveler"><i>Shoveler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Skill_(AM-115)" title="USS Skill (AM-115)"><i>Skill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Skylark_(AM-63)" title="USS Skylark (AM-63)"><i>Skylark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Spear" title="USS Spear"><i>Spear</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Speed" title="USS Speed"><i>Speed</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sprig" title="USS Sprig"><i>Sprig</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Staff" title="USS Staff"><i>Staff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Starling" title="USS Starling"><i>Starling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Steady" title="USS Steady"><i>Steady</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Strive" title="USS Strive"><i>Strive</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Surfbird" title="USS Surfbird"><i>Surfbird</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sustain_(AM-119)" title="USS Sustain (AM-119)"><i>Sustain</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-65)" title="USS Swallow (AM-65)"><i>Swallow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sway" title="USS Sway"><i>Sway</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swerve_(AM-121)" title="USS Swerve (AM-121)"><i>Swerve</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swift_(AM-122)" title="USS Swift (AM-122)"><i>Swift</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Symbol" title="USS Symbol"><i>Symbol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tanager_(AM-385)" title="USS Tanager (AM-385)"><i>Tanager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tercel" title="USS Tercel"><i>Tercel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Threat" title="USS Threat"><i>Threat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tide_(AM-125)" title="USS Tide (AM-125)"><i>Tide</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Token" title="USS Token"><i>Token</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Toucan" title="USS Toucan"><i>Toucan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Towhee" title="USS Towhee"><i>Towhee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Triumph_(AM-323)" title="USS Triumph (AM-323)"><i>Triumph</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tumult" title="USS Tumult"><i>Tumult</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Velocity_(AM-128)" title="USS Velocity (AM-128)"><i>Velocity</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vigilance" title="USS Vigilance"><i>Vigilance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Waxwing" title="USS Waxwing"><i>Waxwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wheatear" title="USS Wheatear"><i>Wheatear</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Zeal" title="USS Zeal"><i>Zeal</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><small>Transferred to the RN</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Elfreda_(J402)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Elfreda (J402) (page does not exist)"><i>Elfreda</i></a> ex-USS <i>Overseer</i> (AM-321)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Strenuous_(J338)" title="HMS Strenuous (J338)"><i>Strenuous</i></a> ex-USS <i>Vital</i> (AM-129)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Tourmaline_(J229)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Tourmaline (J229) (page does not exist)"><i>Tourmaline</i></a> ex-USS <i>Usage</i> (AM-130)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Catherine-class_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine-class minesweeper"><i>Catherine</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Catherine_(J12)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Catherine (J12) (page does not exist)"><i>Catherine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Cato_(J16)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Cato (J16) (page does not exist)"><i>Cato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Chamois_(J28)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Chamois (J28) (page does not exist)"><i>Chamois</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Chance_(J340)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Chance (J340) (page does not exist)"><i>Chance</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Combatant_(J341)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Combatant (J341) (page does not exist)"><i>Combatant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Cynthia_(J345)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Cynthia (J345) (page does not exist)"><i>Cynthia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Elfreda_(J402)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Elfreda (J402) (page does not exist)"><i>Elfreda</i></a> ex-USS <i>Overseer</i> (AM-321)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Fairy_(J403)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Fairy (J403) (page does not exist)"><i>Fairy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Florizel" title="HMS Florizel"><i>Florizel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Foam_(J405)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Foam (J405) (page does not exist)"><i>Foam</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Frolic_(J406)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Frolic (J406) (page does not exist)"><i>Frolic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Gazelle_(J342)" title="HMS Gazelle (J342)"><i>Gazelle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Gorgon_(J346)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Gorgon (J346) (page does not exist)"><i>Gorgon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Grecian_(J352)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Grecian (J352) (page does not exist)"><i>Grecian</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Jasper_(J407)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Jasper (J407) (page does not exist)"><i>Jasper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Magic_(J400)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Magic (J400) (page does not exist)"><i>Magic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pique_(J23)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Pique (J23) (page does not exist)"><i>Pique</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Pylades_(J401)" title="HMS Pylades (J401)"><i>Pylades</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Steadfast_(J375)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Steadfast (J375) (page does not exist)"><i>Steadfast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Strenuous_(J338)" title="HMS Strenuous (J338)"><i>Strenuous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tattoo_(J374)" title="HMS Tattoo (J374)"><i>Tattoo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tourmaline_(J339)" title="HMS Tourmaline (J339)"><i>Tourmaline</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><small>Retained by the USN</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Champion_(AM-314)" title="USS Champion (AM-314)"><i>Champion</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Akbar</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chief_(AM-315)" title="USS Chief (AM-315)"><i>Chief</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Alice</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Competent_(AM-316)" title="USS Competent (AM-316)"><i>Competent</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Amelia</i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Defense</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Amity</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Devastator_(AM-318)" title="USS Devastator (AM-318)"><i>Devastator</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Augusta</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gladiator_(AM-319)" title="USS Gladiator (AM-319)"><i>Gladiator</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Blaze</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Impeccable_(AM-320)" title="USS Impeccable (AM-320)"><i>Impeccable</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Brutus</i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Overseer_(AM-321)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS Overseer (AM-321) (page does not exist)"><i>Overseer</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Elfreda</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Spear" title="USS Spear"><i>Spear</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Errant</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Triumph_(AM-323)" title="USS Triumph (AM-323)"><i>Triumph</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Espoir</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vigilance" title="USS Vigilance"><i>Vigilance</i></a> ex-HMS <i>Exploit</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Post_WWII_transfers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post WWII transfers</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Toucan_(AM-387)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Toucan (AM-387)"><i>Chien Men</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Waxwing_(AM-389)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Waxwing (AM-389)"><i>Chu Yung</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Steady_(AM-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Steady (AM-118)"><i>Mo Ling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Redstart_(AM-378)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Redstart (AM-378)"><i>Wu Sheng</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dextrous_(AM-341)" title="USS Dextrous (AM-341)"><i>Koje</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ptarmigan_(AM-376)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Ptarmigan (AM-376)"><i>Shin Song</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Speed_(AM-116)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Speed (AM-116)"><i>Sunchon</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/15px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valle-class_offshore_patrol_vessel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Valle-class offshore patrol vessel (page does not exist)"><i>Valle</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Threat_(AM-124)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Threat (AM-124)"><i>Francisco Zarco</i> (P112)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Spear_(AM-322)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Spear (AM-322)"><i>Ignacio de la Llave</i> (P107)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Velocity_(AM-128)" title="USS Velocity (AM-128)"><i>Ignacio L. Vallarta</i> (P113)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sway_(AM-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Sway (AM-120)"><i>Ignacio Miguel Altamirano</i> (P111)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chief_(AM-315)" title="USS Chief (AM-315)"><i>Jesús González Ortega</i> (P114)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pilot_(AM-104)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Pilot (AM-104)"><i>Juan Aldama</i> (P116)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Symbol_(AM-123)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Symbol (AM-123)"><i>Juan de la Barrera</i> (P102)</a> ex-<i>Guillermo Prieto</i> (G02)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ardent_(AM-340)" title="USS Ardent (AM-340)"><i>Juan N. Álvarez</i> (P108)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pioneer_(AM-105)" title="USS Pioneer (AM-105)"><i>Leandro Valle</i> (P101)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Defense_(AM-317)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Defense (AM-317)"><i>Manuel Doblado</i> (P104)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Roselle_(AM-379)" title="USS Roselle (AM-379)"><i>Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora</i> (P109)</a> ex-<i>Melchor Ocampo</i> (G10)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Champion_(AM-314)" title="USS Champion (AM-314)"><i>Mariano Escobedo</i> (P103)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herald_(AM-101)" title="USS Herald (AM-101)"><i>Mariano Matamoros</i> (G17)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sage_(AM-111)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Sage (AM-111)"><i>Mariano Matamoros</i> (P117)</a> ex-<i>Hermenegildo Galeana</i> (G19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scoter_(AM-381)" title="USS Scoter (AM-381)"><i>Felipe Xicoténcatl</i> (P115)</a> ex-<i>Melchor Ocampo</i> (G16) ex-<i>Gutiérrez Zamora</i> (C84)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Competent_(AM-316)" title="USS Competent (AM-316)"><i>Ponciano Arriaga</i> (G04)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gladiator_(AM-319)" title="USS Gladiator (AM-319)"><i>Santos Degollado</i> (P106)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Devastator_(AM-318)" title="USS Devastator (AM-318)"><i>Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada</i> (P105)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Starling_(AM-64)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Starling (AM-64)"><i>Valentin Gómez Farías</i> (P110)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/26px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png" decoding="async" width="26" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/39px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg/51px-Flag_of_Norway%2C_state.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1026" data-file-height="608" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Gor-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gor-class minelayer"><i>Gor</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Triumph_(AM-323)" title="USS Triumph (AM-323)"><i>Brage</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Strive_(AM-117)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Strive (AM-117)"><i>Gor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sustain_(AM-119)" title="USS Sustain (AM-119)"><i>Tyr</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Seer_(AM-112)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Seer (AM-112)"><i>Uller</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_Navy" title="Peruvian Navy">Peruvian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shoveler_(AM-382)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Shoveler (AM-382)"><i>Diez Canseco</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruddy_(AM-380)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Ruddy (AM-380)"><i>Galvez</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/39px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Philippine_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1403" data-file-height="842" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Navy" title="Philippine Navy">Philippine Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Rizal-class_corvette" title="Rizal-class corvette"><i>Rizal</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BRP_Rizal" title="BRP Rizal"><i>Rizal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BRP_Quezon" title="BRP Quezon"><i>Quezon</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Navy">Turkish Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Frolic_(J406)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Frolic (J406) (page does not exist)"><i>Çandarlı</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tourmaline_(J339)" title="HMS Tourmaline (J339)"><i>Çardak</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Tattoo_(J374)" title="HMS Tattoo (J374)"><i>Çarşamba</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Overseer_(AM-321)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="USS Overseer (AM-321) (page does not exist)"><i>Çeşme</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Grecian_(J352)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Grecian (J352) (page does not exist)"><i>Edincik</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Chance_(J340)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Chance (J340) (page does not exist)"><i>Edremit</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Catherine_(J12)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Catherine (J12) (page does not exist)"><i>Erdemli</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pique_(J23)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Pique (J23) (page does not exist)"><i>Ereğli</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/National_Navy_of_Uruguay" title="National Navy of Uruguay">National Navy of Uruguay</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chickadee_(AM-59)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Chickadee (AM-59)"><i>Comandante Pedro Campbell</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy">List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_minesweepers_of_the_Royal_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of minesweepers of the Royal Navy">List of minesweepers of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> 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(FF-1065)"><i>Allende</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marvin_Shields_(FF-1066)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Marvin Shields (FF-1066)"><i>Abasolo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pharris_(FF-1094)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Pharris (FF-1094)"><i>Victoria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Whipple_(FF-1062)" title="USS Whipple (FF-1062)"><i>Mina</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship" title="Amphibious assault ship">Amphibious<br />assault ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Panuco-class_tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Panuco-class tank landing ship"><i>Panuco</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Clearwater_County_(LST-602)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Clearwater County (LST-602)"><i>Manzanillo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Papaloapan-class_tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Papaloapan-class tank landing ship"><i>Papaloapan</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Newport_(LST-1179)" title="USS Newport (LST-1179)"><i>Papaloapan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Frederick_(LST-1184)" title="USS Frederick (LST-1184)"><i>Usumacinta</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Missile_boat" title="Missile boat">Missile boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="Huracán_class" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Hurac%C3%A1n-class_missile_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Huracán-class missile boat"><i>Huracán</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Hurac%C3%A1n" title="ARM Huracán"><i>Huracán</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Tormenta" title="ARM Tormenta"><i>Tormenta</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol<br />vessels</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Offshore<br />patrol<br />vessels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Valle-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Valle-class patrol vessel"><i>Valle</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Symbol" title="USS Symbol"><i>Juan de la Barrera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Champion_(AM-314)" title="USS Champion (AM-314)"><i>Mariano Escobedo</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Manuel Doblado</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gladiator_(AM-319)" title="USS Gladiator (AM-319)"><i>Santos Degollado</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ardent_(AM-340)" title="USS Ardent (AM-340)"><i>Juan N. Álvarez</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Roselle_(AM-379)" title="USS Roselle (AM-379)"><i>Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Starling" title="USS Starling"><i>Valentin Gómez Farías</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Threat" title="USS Threat"><i>Francisco Zarco</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Velocity_(AM-128)" title="USS Velocity (AM-128)"><i>Ignacio L. Vallarta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chief_(AM-315)" title="USS Chief (AM-315)"><i>Jesús González Ortega</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sage" title="USS Sage"><i>Mariano Matamoros</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Uribe-class_patrol_vessel" title="Uribe-class patrol vessel"><i>Uribe</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Uribe_(PO-121)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Uribe (PO-121) (page does not exist)"><i>Uribe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Azueta_(PO-122)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Azueta (PO-122) (page does not exist)"><i>Azueta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Baranda_(PO-123)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Baranda (PO-123) (page does not exist)"><i>Baranda</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Breton_(PO-124)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Breton (PO-124) (page does not exist)"><i>Breton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Blanco_(PO-125)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Blanco (PO-125) (page does not exist)"><i>Blanco</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Monasterio_(PO-126)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Monasterio (PO-126) (page does not exist)"><i>Monasterio</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Holzinger-class_patrol_vessel" title="Holzinger-class patrol vessel"><i>Holzinger</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Holzinger_(PO-131)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Holzinger (PO-131) (page does not exist)"><i>Holzinger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Godinez_(PO-132)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Godinez (PO-132) (page does not exist)"><i>Godinez</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_De_La_Vega_(PO-133)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM De La Vega (PO-133) (page does not exist)"><i>De La Vega</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Berriozabal_(PO-134)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Berriozabal (PO-134) (page does not exist)"><i>Berriozabal</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Sierra-class_corvette" title="Sierra-class corvette"><i>Sierra</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Sierra_(PO-141)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Sierra (PO-141) (page does not exist)"><i>Sierra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Prieto_(PO-143)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Prieto (PO-143) (page does not exist)"><i>Prieto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Romero" title="ARM Romero"><i>Romero</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Durango-class_patrol_vessel" title="Durango-class patrol vessel"><i>Durango</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Durango" title="ARM Durango"><i>Durango</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Sonora" title="ARM Sonora"><i>Sonora</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Guanajuato" title="ARM Guanajuato"><i>Guanajuato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Veracruz" title="ARM Veracruz"><i>Veracruz</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Oaxaca-class_patrol_vessel" title="Oaxaca-class patrol vessel"><i>Oaxaca</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Oaxaca" title="ARM Oaxaca"><i>Oaxaca</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Baja_California" title="ARM Baja California"><i>Baja California</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Independencia_(PO-163)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Independencia (PO-163) (page does not exist)"><i>Independencia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=ARM_Revolucion_(PO-164)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARM Revolucion (PO-164) (page does not exist)"><i>Revolucion</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Coastal<br />patrol<br />ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tenochtitlan-class_patrol_vessel" title="Tenochtitlan-class patrol vessel"><i>Tenochtitlan</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Tenochtitlan</i></li> <li><i>Teotihuacan</i></li> <li><i>Palenque</i></li> <li><i>Mitla</i></li> <li><i>Uxmal</i></li> <li><i>Tajín</i></li> <li><i>Tulum</i></li> <li><i>Tulum</i></li> <li><i>Bonampak</i></li> <li><i>Chichen Itzá</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Azteca-class_patrol_vessel" title="Azteca-class patrol vessel"><i>Azteca</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Cordova</i></li> <li><i>Rayón</i></li> <li><i>Rejón</i></li> <li><i>De la Fuente</i></li> <li><i>Guzmán</i></li> <li><i>Ramírez</i></li> <li><i>Mariscal</i></li> <li><i>Jara</i></li> <li><i>Colima</i></li> <li><i>Lizardi</i></li> <li><i>Mugica</i></li> <li><i>Velazco</i></li> <li><i>Macías</i></li> <li><i>Tamaulipas</i></li> <li><i>Yucatán</i></li> <li><i>Tabasco</i></li> <li><i>Cochimie</i></li> <li><i>Puebla</i></li> <li><i>Vicario</i></li> <li><i>Ortíz</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dem%C3%B3crata-class_patrol_vessel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Demócrata-class patrol vessel (page does not exist)"><i>Demócrata</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Demócrata</i></li> <li><i>Francisco I. Madero</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabo-class_patrol_vessel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabo-class patrol vessel (page does not exist)">Cabo class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Cabo Corso</i></li> <li><i>Cabo Catoche</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Punta-class_patrol_vessel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Punta-class patrol vessel (page does not exist)">Punta class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Punta Morro</i></li> <li><i>Punta Mastún</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cabo_Corrientes-class_patrol_vessel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cabo Corrientes-class patrol vessel (page does not exist)"><i>Cabo Corrientes</i> class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Cabo Corrientes</i></li> <li><i>Cabo Corso</i></li> <li><i>Cabo Catoche</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARM_Cuauht%C3%A9moc_(BE01)" title="ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)"><i>Cuauhtémoc</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hurst_(DE-250)" title="USS Hurst (DE-250)"><i>Manuel Azueta</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_April_1945" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:April_1945_shipwrecks" title="Template:April 1945 shipwrecks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:April_1945_shipwrecks" title="Template talk:April 1945 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:April_1945_shipwrecks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:April 1945 shipwrecks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_April_1945" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_April_1945" title="List of shipwrecks in April 1945">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Awa_Maru" title="MV Awa Maru"><i>Awa Maru</i></a></li> <li>2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_escort_ship_CD-186" title="Japanese escort ship CD-186"><i>CD-186</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-321" title="German submarine U-321"><i>U-321</i></a></li> <li>3 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/HNoMS_Olav_Tryggvason" title="HNoMS Olav Tryggvason">Brummer</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-16" title="USS S-16">USS <i>S-16</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1221" title="German submarine U-1221"><i>U-1221</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2542" title="German submarine U-2542"><i>U-2542</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3505" title="German submarine U-3505"><i>U-3505</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_G11" title="SMS G11">T111</a></i></li> <li>4 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-237" title="German submarine U-237"><i>U-237</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-749" title="German submarine U-749"><i>U-749</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3003" title="German submarine U-3003"><i>U-3003</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-242" title="German submarine U-242"><i>U-242</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_S-17" title="USS S-17">USS <i>S-17</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amatsukaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze (1939)"><i>Amatsukaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Bush_(DD-529)" title="USS Bush (DD-529)">USS <i>Bush</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Colhoun_(DD-801)" title="USS Colhoun (DD-801)">USS <i>Colhoun</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Leutze" title="USS Leutze">USS <i>Leutze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Morris_(DD-417)" title="USS Morris (DD-417)">USS <i>Morris</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Newcomb" title="USS Newcomb">USS <i>Newcomb</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Witter" title="USS Witter">USS <i>Witter</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Hobbs_Victory" title="SS Hobbs Victory">SS Hobbs Victory</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Logan_Victory" title="SS Logan Victory">SS Logan Victory</a></i></li> <li>7 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Asashimo" title="Japanese destroyer Asashimo"><i>Asashimo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Hamakaze_(1940)" title="Japanese destroyer Hamakaze (1940)"><i>Hamakaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Isokaze_(1939)" title="Japanese destroyer Isokaze (1939)"><i>Isokaze</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Isuzu" title="Japanese cruiser Isuzu"><i>Isuzu</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Kasumi_(1937)" title="Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937)"><i>Kasumi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_LST-447" title="USS LST-447">USS <i>LST-447</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/SMS_M%C3%B6we_(1914)" title="SMS Möwe (1914)">Oldenburg</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_PGM-18" title="USS PGM-18">USS <i>PGM-18</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1195" title="German submarine U-1195"><i>U-1195</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Yahagi_(1942)" title="Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)"><i>Yahagi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yamato" title="Japanese battleship Yamato"><i>Yamato</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-774" title="German submarine U-774"><i>U-774</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1001" title="German submarine U-1001"><i>U-1001</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer" title="German cruiser Admiral Scheer"><i>Admiral Scheer</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-56_(1944)" title="Japanese submarine Ro-56 (1944)"><i>Ro-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-677" title="German submarine U-677"><i>U-677</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-747" title="German submarine U-747"><i>U-747</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-804" title="German submarine U-804"><i>U-804</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-843" title="German submarine U-843"><i>U-843</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-982" title="German submarine U-982"><i>U-982</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1065" title="German submarine U-1065"><i>U-1065</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2509" title="German submarine U-2509"><i>U-2509</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2514" title="German submarine U-2514"><i>U-2514</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3512" title="German submarine U-3512"><i>U-3512</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-2516" title="German submarine U-2516"><i>U-2516</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SS_Vale" title="SS Vale"><i>Vale</i></a></li> <li>10 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-878" title="German submarine U-878"><i>U-878</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Seydlitz" title="German cruiser Seydlitz">Weser</a></i></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Mannert_L._Abele" title="USS Mannert L. Abele">USS <i>Mannert L. Abele</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-64" title="Japanese submarine Ro-64"><i>Ro-64</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-486" title="German submarine U-486"><i>U-486</i></a></li> <li>13 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Karlsruhe_(1905)" title="SS Karlsruhe (1905)"><i>Karlsruhe</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Belgian_Airman" title="MV Belgian Airman"><i>Belgian Airman</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-235" title="German submarine U-235">German submarine <i>U-235</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1206" title="German submarine U-1206"><i>U-1206</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-103_(1940)" title="German submarine U-103 (1940)"><i>U-103</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-285" title="German submarine U-285"><i>U-285</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1063" title="German submarine U-1063"><i>U-1063</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1235" title="German submarine U-1235"><i>U-1235</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Esquimalt" title="HMCS Esquimalt">HMCS <i>Esquimalt</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Deutschland" title="German cruiser Deutschland">Lützow</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pringle" title="USS Pringle">USS <i>Pringle</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-78_(1940)" title="German submarine U-78 (1940)"><i>U-78</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-880" title="German submarine U-880"><i>U-880</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1274" title="German submarine U-1274"><i>U-1274</i></a></li> <li>17 Apr: <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Italian_aircraft_carrier_Aquila" title="Italian aircraft carrier Aquila"><i>Aquila</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-251" title="German submarine U-251"><i>U-251</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-548" title="German submarine U-548"><i>U-548</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a></li> <li>21 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-636" title="German submarine U-636"><i>U-636</i></a></li> <li>22 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-65)" title="USS Swallow (AM-65)">USS <i>Swallow</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-518" title="German submarine U-518"><i>U-518</i></a></li> <li>23 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Eagle_56" title="USS Eagle 56">USS <i>Eagle Boat 56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-183" title="German submarine U-183"><i>U-183</i></a></li> <li>24 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Frederick_C._Davis" title="USS Frederick C. Davis">USS <i>Frederick C. Davis</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-108_(1940)" title="German submarine U-108 (1940)"><i>U-108</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-546" title="German submarine U-546"><i>U-546</i></a></li> <li>25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_aircraft_carrier_Graf_Zeppelin" title="German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin"><i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-109" title="Japanese submarine Ro-109"><i>Ro-109</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Dubrovnik" title="Yugoslav destroyer Dubrovnik">TA 32</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-326" title="German submarine U-326"><i>U-326</i></a></li> <li>27 Apr: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Canada_Victory" title="SS Canada Victory">Canada Victory</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Lansquenet_(1939)" title="French destroyer Lansquenet (1939)"><i>TA 34</i></a></li> <li>28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_chaser_CH-17" title="Japanese submarine chaser CH-17"><i>CH-17</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a></li> <li>29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-44" title="Japanese submarine I-44"><i>I-44</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)"><i>U-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-286" title="German submarine U-286"><i>U-286</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-307" title="German submarine U-307"><i>U-307</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1017" title="German submarine U-1017"><i>U-1017</i></a></li> <li>30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Goodall" title="HMS Goodall">HMS <i>Goodall</i></a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_destroyer_Beograd" title="Yugoslav destroyer Beograd">TA 43</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-879" title="German submarine U-879"><i>U-879</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1107" title="German submarine U-1107"><i>U-1107</i></a></li> <li>Unknown date: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-56_(1943)" title="Japanese submarine I-56 (1943)"><i>I-56</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-46" title="Japanese submarine Ro-46"><i>Ro-46</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_Ro-49" title="Japanese submarine Ro-49"><i>Ro-49</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Snook_(SS-279)" title="USS Snook (SS-279)">USS <i>Snook</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-246" title="German submarine U-246"><i>U-246</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-325" title="German submarine U-325"><i>U-325</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-396" title="German submarine U-396"><i>U-396</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-398" title="German submarine U-398"><i>U-398</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-548" title="German submarine U-548"><i>U-548</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-857" title="German submarine U-857"><i>U-857</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1055" title="German submarine U-1055"><i>U-1055</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Dickerson" title="USS Dickerson">USS <i>Dickerson</i></a></li> <li>5 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(DD-270)" title="USS Thornton (DD-270)">USS <i>Thornton</i></a></li> <li>6 Apr: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">USS <i>Defense</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Emmons" title="USS Emmons">USS <i>Emmons</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Mullany_(DD-528)" title="USS Mullany (DD-528)">USS <i>Mullany</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Rodman" title="USS Rodman">USS <i>Rodman</i></a></li> <li>8 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a></li> <li>9 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sea_Devil_(SS-400)" title="USS Sea Devil (SS-400)">USS <i>Sea Devil</i></a></li> <li>11 Apr: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-401" title="Japanese submarine I-401"><i>I-401</i></a></li> <li>12 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Lindsey" title="USS Lindsey">USS <i>Lindsey</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-1024" title="German submarine U-1024"><i>U-1024</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Zellars" title="USS Zellars">USS <i>Zellars</i></a></li> <li>14 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Sigsbee" title="USS Sigsbee">USS <i>Sigsbee</i></a></li> <li>15 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ekins" title="HMS Ekins">HMS <i>Ekins</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-724)" title="USS Laffey (DD-724)">USS <i>Laffey</i></a></li> <li>16 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Bryant" title="USS Bryant">USS <i>Bryant</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/MV_Goya" title="MV Goya"><i>Goya</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Harding_(DD-625)" title="USS Harding (DD-625)">USS <i>Harding</i></a></li> <li>19 Apr:  <a href="/wiki/USS_Bullhead" title="USS Bullhead">USS <i>Bullhead</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Pogy_(SS-266)" title="USS Pogy (SS-266)">USS <i>Pogy</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Tolman" title="USS Tolman">USS <i>Tolman</i></a></li> <li>27 Apr: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Redmill_(K554)" title="HMS Redmill (K554)">HMS <i>Redmill</i></a></li> <li>28 Apr: <a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Argo" title="French submarine Argo"><i>Argo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Huron_(PF-19)" title="USS Huron (PF-19)">USS <i>Huron</i></a></li> <li>29 Apr: <a href="/wiki/USS_Baya" title="USS Baya">USS <i>Baya</i></a></li> <li>30 Apr: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-3525" title="German submarine U-3525"><i>U-3525</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944">1944</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1944" title="List of shipwrecks in 1944"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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