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Roselle (AM / MSF 379)



Call sign: November - India - Charlie - Tango



Roselle served the Navies of the United States and Mexico

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 February 1944 by the Gulf Ship Building Corp., Chickasaw, AL; Launched, 29 August 1944; Commissioned USS Roselle (AM 379), 6 February 1945; Decommissioned, 20 June 1946 at San Diego, CA; Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-379, 7 February 1955; Transferred to Mexico, 1 February 1973 and commissioned Melchor Ocampo; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,250 t.(lt); Length 221' 1"; Beam 32' 2"; Draft 10' 9"; Complement 117; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 40mm, eight 20mm; Propulsion, two General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, twin screws, 3,530hp.
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