USS Competent (AM-316)

Competent (third ship from right) among six other minesweepers and mothership LST-735.
History
United States
Name	HMS Amelia (BAM-3)
Builder	General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down	19 August 1942
Launched	30 January 1943
Renamed	USS Competent (AM-315), 23 January 1943
Commissioned	10 November 1943
Decommissioned	30 January 1947
Recommissioned	29 February 1952
Reclassified	MSF-316, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	15 April 1955
Stricken	1972
Honors and awards	5 battle stars (World War II) 2 battle stars (Korea)
Fate	Sold to Mexico, September 1972
History
Mexico
Name	ARM Ponciano Arriaga
Namesake	Ponciano Arriaga
Acquired	February 1973
Reclassified	G04
Stricken	1988
Fate	Unknown
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 Competent (AM-316/MSF-316) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy. Competent was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, named after the word "competent", meaning adequate, capable, or fit.

HMS Amelia (BAM-3) was launched 30 January 1943 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California sponsored by Miss M. S. Upton; retained for use by the U.S. Navy; assigned the name Competent and reclassified AM-316, 23 January 1943; and commissioned 10 November 1943.