USS Competent (AM-316)

Competent (third ship from right) among six other minesweepers and mothership LST-735.
History
United States
NameHMS Amelia (BAM-3)
BuilderGeneral Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down19 August 1942
Launched30 January 1943
RenamedUSS Competent (AM-315), 23 January 1943
Commissioned10 November 1943
Decommissioned30 January 1947
Recommissioned29 February 1952
ReclassifiedMSF-316, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned15 April 1955
Stricken1972
Honors &
awards
FateSold to Mexico, September 1972
History
Mexico
NameARM Ponciano Arriaga
NamesakePonciano Arriaga
AcquiredFebruary 1973
ReclassifiedG04
Stricken1988
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class & typeAuk-class minesweeper
Displacement890 long tons (904 t)
Length221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement100 officers and enlisted
Armament

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.