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AM / MSF-340 Ardent



Call sign: November - Delta - Foxtrot - Tango



Ardent served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 20 February 1943 as HMS Buffalo (BAM 8) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; renamed Ardent and redesignated AM-340, 24 May 1943; Launched, 22 June 1943; Commissioned USS Ardent (AM-340), 25 May 1944; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 30 January 1947 at San Diego, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-340, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Sold to Mexico, 19 September 1972 and renamed Ignacio de la Llave (G-08). Fate unknown. Ardent earned four battle stars for her World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 3"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two dcpth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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Ardent 125k 5 June 1944, off San Francisco.
US Navy Photo 19-N-82913
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