USS Execute (AM-232)

History

United States
Name:	USS PCE-905
Builder:	Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, Seattle
Laid down:	29 March 1944
Renamed:	USS Execute (AM-232)
Launched:	22 June 1944
Sponsored by:	Mrs. R. J. Huff
Commissioned:	15 November 1944
Decommissioned:	6 August 1946
Reclassified:	MSF-232, 7 February 1955
Struck:	1 May 1962
Fate:	Transferred to Mexican Navy, 1962
History
Mexico
Name:	ARM DM-03
Acquired:	1962
Renamed:	ARM General Juan N. Méndez (C51), 1994^[1]
Namesake:	Juan N. Méndez
Struck:	16 July 2001^[1]
Fate:	unknown
General characteristics
Class & type:	PCE-905-class patrol craft
Class & type:	Admirable-class minesweeper, by June 1944
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)
Propulsion:	2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1,280 kW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	104
Armament:	1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	U.S. Pacific Fleet (1944–1946) Mexican Navy (1962–2001)
Operations:	Battle of Okinawa

USS Execute (AM-232) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered and laid down as USS PCE-905, the lead ship of the PCE-905 class of patrol craft. She was reclassified as an Admirable-class minesweeper by the time of her June 1944 launch, and named Execute by the time of her November 1944 commissioning. After service in the Pacific during World War II, she was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, Execute was reclassified as MSF-232 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-03. In 1994, she was renamed ARM General Juan N. Méndez (C51). She was stricken in July 2001, but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.

U.S. Navy career

Originally ordered as PCE-905, the lead ship of the PCE-905 class of patrol craft, the ship was laid down at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle. She was reclassified as an Admirable-class minesweeper and assigned the hull code of AM-232 by the time of her 22 June 1944 launch by sponsor Mrs. R. J. Huff. By the time of her 15 November 1944 commissioning, under the command of Lieutenant R. E. Brenkman, USNR, she had been assigned the name Execute.

Following shakedown cruise she departed for Pearl Harbor whence she escorted a convoy to Leyte via Eniwetok, Ulithi and Kossol Roads during February 1945. On 26 March, as part of the preliminary assault force for the invasion of the Ryukyus, she screened landing craft against countless air attacks

Early in April she served with the Sweep Unit in clearing the bays of Nakagusuku and Chimu and defended vessels against kamikaze attack. She participated in the Battle of Okinawa. During this battle she picked up 70 survivors of the USS Mullany (DD-528) after it had been hit by a Japanese plane. She remained on sweeping duty, participating in a feint landing on 20 April to draw attention from a large-scale advance on Naha. From June through 10 September she swept in the Yellow Sea and in Japanese coastal waters.

In March 1946 Execute transited the Panama Canal and on 6 August 1946 was placed out of commission in reserve at Orange, Texas. While she remained in reserve, Execute was reclassified (MSF-232) on 7 February 1955. She was stricken from the Navy List on 1 May 1962 and sold to Mexico later in the year.

Mexican Navy career

The former Execute was acquired by the Mexican Navy in 1962 and renamed ARM DM-03. In 1994, she was renamed ARM General Juan N. Méndez (C51) after Juan N. Méndez. She was stricken on 16 July 2001,^[1] but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.

Notes

1 2 3 Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Mexico". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Robert G. Greaves 6 August 2006 formerly ET 2/C of the USNR and plank owner of the ship.

External links

NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Execute (MSF 232) - ex-AM-232 - ex-PCE-905

PCE-905-class patrol craft

PCE-905 PCE-906 PCE-907 PCE-908 PCE-909 PCE-910 PCE-911 PCE-912 PCE-913 PCE-914 PCE-915 PCE-916 PCE-917 PCE-918 PCE-919 PCE-920

List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy

Admirable-class minesweepers

Completed	Admirable Adopt Advocate Agent Alarm Alchemy Apex Arcade Arch Armada Aspire Assail Astute Augury Barrier Bombard Bond Buoyant Candid Capable Captivate Caravan Caution Change Clamour Climax Compel Concise Control Counsel Crag Creddock Cruise Deft Delegate Density Design Device Diploma Dipper Disdain Dour Dunlin Eager Elusive Embattle Execute Facility Fancy Fixity Gadwall Garland Gavia Gayety Graylag Harlequin Harrier Hazard Hilarity Implicit Improve Inaugural Incessant Incredible Indicative Inflict Instill Intrigue Invade Jubilant Knave Lance Logic Lucid Magnet Mainstay Marvel Measure Method Mirth Nimble Notable Nucleus Opponent Palisade Penetrate Peril Phantom Pinnacle Pirate Pivot Pledge Prime Project Prowess Quest Rampart Ransom Rebel Recruit Reform Refresh Reign Report Salute Saunter Scout Scrimmage Scuffle Sentry Serene Shelter Signet Skirmish Skurry Spectacle Specter Staunch Strategy Strength Success Superior

Canceled	Albatross Bluebird Bullfinch Cardinal Drake Embroil Enhance Equity Esteem Event Firecrest Flame Flicker Fortify Goldfinch Grackle Grosbeak Grouse Gull Hawk Hummer Hummer Illusive Imbue Impervious Jackdaw Jackdaw Kite Linnet Longspur Magpie Merganser Minah Osprey Parrakeet Partridge Pipit Plover Redhead Reproof Risk Rival Sagacity Sanderling Scaup Sentinel Shearwater Waxbill

Soviet Navy

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Post-World War II operators

Republic of China Navy	Yung Chang Yung Chia Yung Feng Yung Ho Yung Hsiu Yung Ming Yung Ning Yung Sheng Yung Shou Yung Shun Yung Ting ex-Buoyant ex-Nimble ex-Reform

Chinese Maritime Customs Service	Yung Chun Yung Hsing Yung Kang ex-Dunlin ex-Notable

Dominican Navy	Prestol Botello Separación Tortuguero

Republic of Korea Navy	Kojin

Mexican Navy	Aldebaran Cadete Agustín Melgar Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca Cadete Francisco Márquez Cadete Juan Escutia Cadete Vicente Suárez DM-01 DM-02 DM-03 DM-04 (1962) DM-04 (1973) DM-05 DM-06 DM-07 DM-08 DM-09 DM-10 DM-11 DM-12 DM-13 DM-14 DM-15 DM-16 DM-17 DM-18 DM-19 DM-20 General Felipe Xicoténcatl General Ignacio Zaragoza General Juan N. Méndez General Manuel E. Rincón General Miguel Negrete General Pedro María Anaya Oceanográfico Teniente Juan de la Barrera

Myanmar Navy	Yan Gyi Aung

Philippine Navy part of Miguel Malvar class	Datu Tupas Magat Salamat Pagasa Samar

Republic of Vietnam Navy	Chi Lang II Chi Linh Ha Hoi Ky Hoa Nhut Tao

Preceded by: Hawk class
Followed by: Agile class

List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy

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