USS Gladiator (AM-319)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | HMS Blaze (BAM-6) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 7 January 1943 |
| Launched | 7 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Madeline A. Silva |
| Completed | 25 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 February 1944 |
| Recommissioned | 29 February 1952, Long Beach, California |
| Decommissioned |
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| Renamed | USS Gladiator (AM-319) |
| Reclassified | MSF-319, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Homeport | Long Beach, California |
| Honors & awards | two battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 1973 |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Santos Degollado (C75) |
| Namesake | José Santos Degollado |
| Acquired | 1973 |
| Reclassified |
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| Fate | Sunk as dive wreck 3 March 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 tons |
| Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| 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 |
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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.