&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Ardent_(AM-340).jpg) USS Ardent (AM 340) off the coast of San Francisco, California on 5 June 1944.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ardent (AM-340) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 20 February 1943 |
| Launched | 22 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 January 1947 |
| Reclassified | MSF-340, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Honors and awards | 4 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Transferred to Mexico, 19 September 1972 |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Juan N. Álvarez (C77) |
| Namesake | Juan N. Álvarez |
| Acquired | 19 September 1972 |
| Reclassified | |
| Status | in active service, as of 2007[update][1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 tons |
| Length | 221 ft 3 in (67 m) |
| Beam | 32 (10 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 100 |
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The second USS Ardent (AM-340) was a Auk-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.
Ardent was originally laid down as HMS Buffalo (BAM-8), for the Royal Navy on 20 February 1943 at Alameda, California, by the General Engineering & Drydock Co.; rescheduled for delivery to the United States Navy; renamed Ardent and redesignated AM-340 on 24 May 1943; launched on 22 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Bernadette Armes, the daughter-in-law of George A. Armes, President of the General Engineering & Drydock Co., and commissioned on 25 May 1944.
- ^ a b c Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). 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.