USS Sage
Sage at Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California on 10 June 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Sage (AM-111) |
| Builder | Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Winslow, Washington |
| Laid down | 29 July 1942 |
| Launched | 21 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1943 |
| Recommissioned | 16 March 1951 |
| Decommissioned |
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| Reclassified | MSF-111, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Honours & awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 1973 |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Hermenegildo Galeana (C86) |
| Namesake | Hermenegildo Galeana |
| Acquired | 4 November 1973 |
| Reclassified | G19 |
| Renamed | ARM Mariano Matamoros (P117), 1993 |
| Namesake | Mariano Matamoros |
| Status | in active service, as of 2007 |
| 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 Sage (AM-111) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing naval mines.
Sage was laid down on 29 July 1942 by the Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Winslow, Washington; launched on 21 November 1942; sponsored by Miss Shirley Woodman; and commissioned on 23 August 1943.