USS Competent (AM-316)
USS Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy. Competent was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, named after the word "competent", meaning adequate, capable, or fit. HMS Amelia (BAM-3) was launched 30 January 1943 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California sponsored by Miss M. S. Upton; retained for use by the U.S. Navy; assigned the name Competent and reclassified AM-316, 23 January 1943; and commissioned 10 November 1943, Lieutenant D. D. Long, Jr., USNR, in command.
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USS Competent (AM-316)
USS Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy. Competent was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, named after the word "competent", meaning adequate, capable, or fit. HMS Amelia (BAM-3) was launched 30 January 1943 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California sponsored by Miss M. S. Upton; retained for use by the U.S. Navy; assigned the name Competent and reclassified AM-316, 23 January 1943; and commissioned 10 November 1943, Lieutenant D. D. Long, Jr., USNR, in command.
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USS Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) ...... . Long, Jr., USNR, in command.
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commissioning date
1943-11-10
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decommissioning date
1947-01-30
1955-04-15
laying down
1942-08-19
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6.73608e+1
recommissioning date
1952-02-29
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ship launched
1943-01-30
status
Sold to Mexico, September 1972
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*1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
*2 × 40 mm guns
*2 × 20 mm guns
*2 × depth charge tracks
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*5 battle stars
*2 battle stars
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USS Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) ...... . Long, Jr., USNR, in command.
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USS Competent (AM-316)
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ARM Ponciano Arriaga
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HMS Amelia (BAM-3)
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