USS Competent (AM-316)
Competent (third ship from right) among six other minesweepers and mothership LST-735. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Stricken | 1972 |
| Honors & awards |
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| Fate | Sold to Mexico, September 1972 |
| History | |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Ponciano Arriaga |
| Namesake | Ponciano Arriaga |
| Acquired | February 1973 |
| Reclassified | G04 |
| Stricken | 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 |
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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.