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USS ''Execute'' (AM-232) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered and laid down as USS ''PCE-905'', the lead ship of the of patrol craft. She was reclassified as an ''Admirable''-class minesweeper by the time of her June 1944 launch, and named ''Execute'' by the time of her November 1944 commissioning. After service in the Pacific during World War II, she was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, ''Execute'' was reclassified as MSF-232 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM ''DM-03''. In 1994, she was renamed ARM ''General Juan N. Méndez'' (C51). She was stricken in July 2001, but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary sources. == U.S. Navy career == Originally ordered as ''PCE-905'', the lead ship of the of patrol craft, the ship was laid down at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle. She was reclassified as an and assigned the hull code of AM-232 by the time of her 22 June 1944 launch by sponsor Mrs. R. J. Huff. By the time of her 15 November 1944 commissioning, under the command of Lieutenant R. E. Brenkman, USNR, she had been assigned the name ''Execute''. Following shakedown cruise she departed for Pearl Harbor whence she escorted a convoy to Leyte via Eniwetok, Ulithi and Kossol Roads during February 1945. On 26 March, as part of the preliminary assault force for the invasion of the Ryukyus, she screened landing craft against countless air attacks Early in April she served with the Sweep Unit in clearing the bays of Nakagusuku and Chimu and defended vessels against kamikaze attack. She participated in the Battle of Okinawa. During this battle she picked up 70 survivors of the after it had been hit by a Japanese plane. She remained on sweeping duty, participating in a feint landing on 20 April to draw attention from a large-scale advance on Naha. From June through 10 September she swept in the Yellow Sea and in Japanese coastal waters. In March 1946 ''Execute'' transited the Panama Canal and on 6 August 1946 was placed out of commission in reserve at Orange, Texas. While she remained in reserve, ''Execute'' was reclassified (MSF-232) on 7 February 1955. She was stricken from the Navy List on 1 May 1962 and sold to Mexico later in the year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Execute (AM-232)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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