USS Scuffle (AM-298)

USS Scuffle (AM-298)

USS Scuffle (AM-298) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and five battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in June 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, Scuffle was reclassified as MSF-298 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In October 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-05. In 1994 she was renamed ARM General Felipe Xicoténcatl (C53). She was sunk as an artificial reef and dive attraction off of Cozumel in 1999, and was stricken from the rolls of the Mexican Navy in 2000.