USS Diploma (AM-221) - Mexican Navy Career

Mexican Navy Career

The former Diploma was acquired by the Mexican Navy in 1962 and renamed ARM DM-17. In 1994, she was renamed ARM Cadete Francisco Márquez (C59) after Francisco Márquez. She was stricken in 2000, but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.

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