USS Roselle (AM-379)

History
United States
NameUSS Roselle (AM-379)
BuilderGulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down24 February 1944
Launched29 August 1944
Commissioned6 February 1945
Decommissioned20 June 1946
ReclassifiedMSF-379, 7 February 1955
Stricken1 July 1972
FateSold to Mexico, 1 February 1973
Mexico
NameARM Melchor Ocampo (C78)
Namesake
Acquired1 February 1973
RenamedARM Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora (P109), 1993[1]
ReclassifiedG10
Statusin active service, as of 2007[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAuk-class minesweeper
Displacement890 long tons (904 t)
Length221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement100 officers and enlisted
Armament

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 Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louis E. Griffith; and commissioned 6 February 1945.

  1. ^ a b 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.