| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Recruit (AM-285) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched | 11 December 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Kathleen Merrit Jackson |
| Commissioned | 8 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 August 1946 |
| Reclassified | MSF-285, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1962 |
| Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 1963 |
| History | |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM DM-07 |
| Acquired | 1963 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 650 long tons (660 t) |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
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| Operations: | Battle of Okinawa |
| Awards: | 3 Battle stars |
USS Recruit (AM-285) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was awarded 3 battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, Recruit was reclassified as MSF-285 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1963, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-07. Although she is reported out of service, her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources.