USS Joseph M. Auman

	USS Joseph M. Auman off Orange, Texas, on 30 April 1945, five days after she was commissioned
History
United States
Name	USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674)
Namesake	Joseph M. Auman
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh; completed at Consolidated Steel Company, Orange, Texas;
Laid down	8 November 1943
Launched	5 February 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Bernard Tommey
Reclassified	APD-117, 17 July 1944
Commissioned	25 April 1945
Decommissioned	10 July 1946
Stricken	12 December 1963
Fate	Sold to Mexican Navy, 12 December 1963
History
Mexico
Name	ARM Tehuantupec (H05)
Namesake	Gulf of Tehuantepec
Acquired	12 December 1963
Stricken	1989
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1989
General characteristics
Class and type	Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered
Class and type	Crosley-class high speed transport, as completed
Displacement	2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Troops	162
Complement	204
Armament	1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 gun; 6 × 40 mm guns; 6 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), was a

high-speed transport commissioned in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In 1963, she was transferred to the Mexican Navy

Namesake

Joseph Martin Auman was born on 4 January 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 27 August 1940 at Chicago. After duty at San Diego, Private Auman served at Guadalcanal where he was killed in action 12 November 1942. When his company was forced to make a temporary withdrawal, he manned a machine gun and covered the retreat, remaining at his exposed position, he continued to fire his gun until killed by the Japanese. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Joseph M. Auman was laid down as the

Crosley-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-117 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was commissioned

After

Joseph M. Auman departed San Diego 20 October 1945 and steamed to

Joseph M. Auman was

Joseph M. Auman was sold to the government of Mexico on 12 December 1963. She served in the Mexican Navy as ARM Tehuantepec (B05) until stricken in 1989 and sold for scrapping.