USS Chief (AM-315)
Chief in 1952
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | HMS Alice (BAM-2) |
Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
Laid down | 25 July 1942 |
Launched | 5 January 1943 |
Renamed | USS Chief (AM-315), 23 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 9 October 1943 |
Decommissioned | 17 March 1947 |
Recommissioned | 28 February 1952 |
Reclassified | MSF-315, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1955 |
Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold to Mexico, February 1973 |
History | |
Mexico | |
Name | ARM Jesús González Ortega (C83) |
Namesake | Jesús González Ortega |
Acquired | February 1973 |
Reclassified | G15[1] |
Reclassified | P114, 1993[1] |
Status | in active service, as of 2007[update][1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 Chief (AM-315) 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, and named after the word "chief," the head or leader of a group.
Originally intended for Great Britain, HMS Alice (BAM-2) was launched 5 January 1943 by
Service history
World War II
Departing
Joining
Returning to Pearl Harbor on 2 January 1945, Chief voyaged to Eniwetok on convoy escort duty, then conducted exercises in Hawaiian waters until clearing for
On 8 September Chief put out for
Korea
Recommissioned 28 February 1952 at Long Beach, Chief conducted training exercises off San Diego, California, until 7 July when she sailed for Sasebo, Japan, arriving 3 August. She operated with Task Force TF 95 around mine-infested Wonsan Harbor and was twice fired on by enemy shore batteries. She returned to Long Beach, California 5 February 1953 for local operations and training.
Her second Korean tour from 5 October 1953 to 2 June 1954 found her patrolling with Task Force TF 95 off both coasts of Korea to preserve the truce. She returned to west coast operations.
Decommissioning and sale
On 1 November 1954 Chief was placed in commission in reserve. Reclassified MSF-315 on 7 February 1955, she was placed out of commission in reserve 15 March 1955. Chief was sold to Mexico in February 1973. Renamed ARM Jesús González Ortega (C83), she remained in active service with the Mexican Navy as of 2007[update],[1] and was afloat as of 2016.[2]
Awards and honors
Chief received five
Notes
- ^ OCLC 140283156.
- ^ "ARM ORTEGA P114". ShipSpotting. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Chief at NavSource Naval History
- USS Chief (AM-315, later MSF-315), 1943-1973
- USS Chief (AM-315) - US Navy - Korean War Project
- Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-315 USS Chief
- uboat.net - Minesweeper USS Chief of the Auk class