_underway_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean_on_20_February_1945_(80-G-384565).jpg) ,USS Rednour
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Rednour (APD-102) |
| Namesake | Forrest O. Rednour |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 30 December 1943 |
| Launched | 12 February 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Forrest O. Rednour |
| Reclassified | APD-102, 17 July 1944 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 24 July 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1967 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, December 1969 |
| History | |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Chihuahua (B08)[1] |
| Namesake | Chihuahua |
| Acquired | December 1969 |
| Renamed | ARM José María Morelos y Pavón (B08), 1994[1] |
| Namesake | José María Morelos y Pavón |
| Renamed | ARM Chihuahua (E22)[1] |
| Stricken | 16 July 2001[1] |
| 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 |
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USS Rednour (APD-102) was a Crosley-class high speed transport that served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In December 1969, she was transferred to Mexico and served under the name Chihuahua until July 2001.
- ^ a b c d Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Mexico". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.