USS Herald (AM-101)
USS Herald (AM-101) in December 1953 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Herald (AM-101) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Launched | 4 July 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 5 March 1952 |
| Reclassified | MSF-101, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 15 April 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Honours & awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 1 February 1973 |
| History | |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Mariano Matamoros (G17) |
| Namesake | Mariano Matamoros |
| Acquired | 1 February 1973 |
| Reclassified | as survey ship |
| Stricken | before 1993 |
| 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 Herald (AM-101) 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.
Herald was named after the word "herald", which means "a bearer of news".
Herald was the second of two U.S. Navy ships named the Herald, was a steel-hulled diesel-powered minesweeper launched by General Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California, on 4 July 1942; and commissioned on 23 March 1943.