USS Gladiator (AM-319)

USS Gladiator (AM-319)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Gladiator.

USS Gladiator (second ship from left) at Sasebo, Japan, 1952.
Career (United States)
Name: HMS Blaze (BAM-6)
Builder: General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down: unknown
Renamed: USS Gladiator (AM-319)
Launched: 7 May 1943
Sponsored by: Mrs. Madeline A. Silva
Completed: 25 February 1944
Commissioned: 25 February 1944
Decommissioned: 4 October 1946, San Diego, California
Recommissioned: 29 February 1952, Long Beach, California
Reclassified: MSF-319, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned: 15 March 1955, Long Beach, California
Struck: 1 July 1972
Homeport: Long Beach, California
Honors and
awards:
two battle stars for World War II service
Fate: Sold to Mexico, 1973
Career (Mexico)
Name: ARM Santos Degollado (C75)
Namesake: José Santos Degollado
Acquired: 1973
Reclassified: G07
Reclassified: P106, 1993
Status: in active service, as of 2007
General characteristics
Class & type: Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement: 890 tons
Length: 221' 2"
Beam: 32'
Draft: 10'
Propulsion: two 2,976shp Baldwin V08 diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts
Speed: 18 knots
Complement: 105 officers and enlisted
Armament: one 3"/50 dual purpose gun
two twin 40mm gun mounts
two single 20mm gun mounts
two depth charge tracks
five depth charge projectiles

USS Gladiator (AM-319) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Read more about USS Gladiator (AM-319):  Construction History, World War II Service, Korean War Service, Post-Korean War Activity, Decommissioning and Disposal, Battle Honors, Mexican Navy Service