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Pilot (AM / MSF 104)


Pilot served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 October 1941 by the Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beaumont, TX; Launched, 5 July 1942; Commissioned, USS Pilot (AM 104), 3 February 1943; Decommissioned, 15 January 1947; Recommissioned, 5 March 1952; Decommissioned, October 1954; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) MSF-104, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Transferred to Mexico, 19 July 1972; Reclassified a Patrol Craft and renamed Juan Aldarma (C 85). Fate unknown. Pilot earned three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18.1 kts; Complement 105; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, eight 20mm gun mounts, three .30 cal. machine guns, and two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two diesel engines, two shafts.
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