USS Starling
ARM Valentín Gómez Farías (P110) underway in 2015. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Starling (AM-64) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 1 July 1941 |
| Launched | 11 April 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 15 May 1946 |
| Reclassified | MSF-64, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Honours & awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 16 February 1973 |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Valentín Gómez Farías (C79) |
| Namesake | Valentín Gómez Farías |
| Acquired | 16 February 1973 |
| Reclassified |
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| 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 |
| Armament |
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USS Starling (AM-64) 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.
Starling was named after the starling, which is any passerine bird of the genus Sturnus or of the family, Sturnidae.
The second Starling to be so named by the Navy, AM-64 was laid down on 1 July 1941 by the General Engineering and Drydock Co., Alameda, California; launched on 11 April 1942; and commissioned on 21 December 1942.