USS Competent (AM-316)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Amelia (BAM-3) |
| Builder: | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down: | 19 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1943 |
| Renamed: | USS Competent (AM-315), 23 January 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 10 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 January 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 29 February 1952 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-316, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 April 1955 |
| Struck: | 1972 |
| Honors and awards: |
5 battle stars (World War II) 2 battle stars (Korea) |
| Fate: | Sold to Mexico, September 1972 |
| Career (Mexico) | |
| Name: | ARM Ponciano Arriaga |
| Namesake: | Ponciano Arriaga |
| Acquired: | February 1973 |
| Reclassified: | G04 |
| Struck: | 1988 |
| Fate: | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length: | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun • 2 × 40 mm guns • 2 × 20 mm guns • 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy. Competent was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, named after the word "competent", meaning adequate, capable, or fit.
HMS Amelia (BAM-3) was launched 30 January 1943 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California sponsored by Miss M. S. Upton; retained for use by the U.S. Navy; assigned the name Competent and reclassified AM-316, 23 January 1943; and commissioned 10 November 1943, Lieutenant D. D. Long, Jr., USNR, in command.
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