USS Invade (AM-254)
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| Career (USA) |  |
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| Name: | USS Invade |
| Builder: | Savannah Machine & Foundry Company |
| Laid down: | 19 January 1944 |
| Launched: | 6 February 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 18 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 August 1946 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-254, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 May 1962 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Mexico, 30 August 1962 |
| Career (Mexico) |  |
| Name: | DM-18, later ARM General Ignacio Zaragosa (C-60) |
| Acquired: | 30 August 1962 |
| Fate: | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.2 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
| Service record | |
| Part of | US Pacific Fleet (1944-1946) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946-1962) Armada de México (1962-1999) |
USS Invade (AM-254) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Invade was laid down 19 January 1944 by Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; launched 6 February 1944; sponsored by Miss Thayer C. Allen; and commissioned 18 September 1944, Lt. H. H. Silliman in command.
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[edit] World War II North Atlantic operations
After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, Invade steamed to Casco Bay, Maine, for training 24 November 1944. Following these operations and additional drills out of Norfolk, Virginia, the minecraft assumed duties there as towing ship for aircraft targets and as an experimental minesweeper. She remained on this important duty through the end of the war and reported 21 September 1945 to the Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Virginia, as a training ship.
[edit] Decommissioning
Invade decommissioned 7 August 1946 and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Orange, Texas. She was reclassified MSF-254 on 7 February 1955, struck from the Navy List 1 May 1962, and sold to Mexico as DM-18 30 August 1962. Later renamed General Ignacio Zaragosa (C-60). Her current fate is unknown.
[edit] References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Invade
- NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Invade (MSF 254) - ex-AM-254
