USS Defense
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | HMS Amity (BAM-4) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 2 October 1942 |
| Launched | 18 February 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. A. Duncanfield |
| Commissioned | 10 January 1944 |
| Recommissioned | 16 February 1952 at Long Beach, California |
| Decommissioned |
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| Renamed | USS Defense (AM-317), 23 January 1943 |
| Reclassified | MSF-317, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | c. 1972 |
| Homeport | Long Beach, California |
| Honors & awards |
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| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 3 January 1973 |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Manuel Doblado (C73) |
| Namesake | Manuel Doblado |
| Acquired | 3 January 1973 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | in active service, as of 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph) |
| Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Defense (AM-317) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.