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USS Roselle (AM-379)
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USS Roselle (AM-379) was an acquired by the United States Navy
United States Navy
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for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. She was the second United States Navy warship
Warship
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to be so named.
Roselle was laid down 24 February 1944, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Chickasaw, Alabama
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; launched 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louis E. Griffith; and commissioned 6 February 1945, Lt. Comdr. H. T. Loehr, Jr., in command.
Pacific Ocean operations
Following shakedownShakedown cruise
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at Little Creek, Virginia, she replaced as training vessel there on 24 April 1945. Completing six months of minesweeper training operations in the Atlantic Ocean
United States Fleet Forces Command
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, she transited the Panama Canal
Panama Canal
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and joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet on 23 October 1945. After three-week periods at San Pedro, California, and at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
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, she proceeded to Japan
Japan
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, via Eniwetok and Saipan
Saipan
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, arriving at Sasebo
Sasebo, Nagasaki
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on 14 January 1946. She operated in Japanese waters on minesweeping operations through April, then returned to the United States
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via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, arriving San Diego
San Diego, California
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20 May to report to the 19th Fleet for inactivation.
Decommissioning
Roselle was placed out of commission in reserve in San Diego on 20 June 1946. Reclassified MSF-379 on 7 February 1955, she remained out of commission in reserve at San Diego until February 1973 when she was sold to the government of MexicoMexico
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. Initially named ARM Melchor Ocampo (G10), she was later renamed ARM Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (P109). , Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora was in active service with the Mexican Navy
Mexican Navy
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