USS Threat
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| History | |||||||||||||||
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| United States | |||||||||||||||
| Name | USS Threat (AM-124) | ||||||||||||||
| Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia | ||||||||||||||
| Laid down | 15 December 1941 | ||||||||||||||
| Launched | 15 August 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Commissioned | 14 March 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| Reclassified | MSF-124, 7 February 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Honours & awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) | ||||||||||||||
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico | |||||||||||||||
| Name | ARM Francisco Zarco (C81) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Francisco Zarco | ||||||||||||||
| Acquired | 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | shakedown cruisein active service, as of 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= Auk-class minesweeper | Ship displacement=890 long tons (904 t) | Ship length=221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) | Ship beam=32 ft (9.8 m) | Ship draft=10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed=18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) | Ship range= | Ship complement=105 officers and enlisted | Ship armament=*2 × 3"/50 caliber gun
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USS Threat (AM-124) 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.
Threat was laid down on 15 December 1941 at Savannah, Georgia, by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co.; launched on 15 August 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Allan M. Robinson; and commissioned on 14 March 1943.