Mexican Navy Career
The former Hurst was acquired by the Mexican Navy on 1 October 1973 and renamed ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta (A06) after Manuel Azueta, who was Commodore of the Naval Academy during the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz. In 1994, the ship was renamed ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos (E30). At this same time, her armament was modernized with Oto Melara 76 mm compact guns replacing a pair of the original U.S. Navy 3-inch (76 mm) Mark 26 guns. In addition, the superfiring 3-inch gun forward was replaced with a quadruple 40 mm AA mount. By 1998, however, the original armament had been restored.
In 2001, the ship reverted to her original Mexican Navy name of Commodore Manuel Azueta, was reclassed as a destroyer, and assigned the new pennant number of D111. Used primarily as a training vessel for Mexico's Gulf Fleet, Commodore Manuel Azueta remained in active service as of 2007. In her current configuration, all anti-submarine equipment and all of the original U.S. Navy radar-controlled gun directors have been removed.
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