USS Scout (AM-296)
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USS Scout (AM-296) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II; she was the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. She was awarded 5 battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in February 1947 and placed in reserve. Although she did not see service in the war zone, Scout was recommissioned in May 1951 during the Korean War and remained in commission until March 1954, when she was placed in reserve again. While she remained in reserve, Scout was reclassified as MSF-296 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In October 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-09. Although she is reported out of service, her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.
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Name | USS Scout (AM-296) |
Builder | Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company, Seattle |
Laid down | 8 February 1943 |
Launched | 2 May 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Mary Lou Lillehei |
Commissioned | 27 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 26 February 1947 |
Recommissioned | 11 May 1951 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1954 |
Reclassified | MSF-296, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 May 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 1 October 1962 |
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Mexico | |
Name | ARM DM-09 |
Acquired | 1 October 1962 |
Fate | unknown |
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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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