USS Roselle (AM-379)

History
United States
Name	USS Roselle (AM-379)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down	24 February 1944
Launched	29 August 1944
Commissioned	6 February 1945
Decommissioned	20 June 1946
Reclassified	MSF-379, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 July 1972
Fate	Sold to Mexico, 1 February 1973
Mexico
Name	ARM Melchor Ocampo (C78)
Namesake	Melchor Ocampo Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora
Acquired	1 February 1973
Renamed	ARM Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (P109), 1993[1]
Reclassified	G10
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	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm guns 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × Depth charge tracks

USS Roselle (AM-379) 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. She was the second United States Navy warship to be so named.

Roselle was laid down 24 February 1944, by the

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 Mexico. Initially named ARM Melchor Ocampo (G10), she was later renamed ARM Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (P109). As of 2007^[update], Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora was in active service with the Mexican Navy.^[1]

Notes

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 Roselle at NavSource Naval History
• Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-379 USS Roselle
• USS Roselle (AM-379)