USS Facility
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USS Facility (AM-233) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as PCE-905-class patrol craft USS PCE-906 but was renamed and reclassified before her June 1944 launch as Facility (AM-233). After earning three battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II, she was decommissioned in September 1946 and placed in reserve. While in reserve, Facility was reclassified as MSF-233 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In October 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-04. Her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources; she may have been out of service by April 1973 when another member of the Admirable class was acquired by the Mexican Navy and given the name DM-04.
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Name | USS PCE-906 |
Builder | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle |
Laid down | 29 March 1944 |
Renamed | USS Facility (AM-233) |
Launched | 22 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 29 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 11 September 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-233, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 May 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 2 October 1962 |
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Name | ARM DM-04 |
Acquired | 2 October 1962 |
Fate | unknown |
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Class and type | PCE-905-class patrol craft |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper, September 1943 |
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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Operations: | Battle of Okinawa |
Awards: | 3 Battle stars |