USS Chief (AM-315)
Chief in 1952
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 United States
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| Name: | HMS Alice (BAM-2) |
| Builder: | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 5 January 1943 |
| Renamed: | USS Chief (AM-315), 23 January 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 9 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 March 1947 |
| Recommissioned: | 28 February 1952 |
| Reclassified: | MSF-315, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 March 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1972 |
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| Fate: | Sold to Mexico, February 1973 |
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 Mexico
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| Name: | ARM Jesús González Ortega (C83) |
| Namesake: | Jesús González Ortega |
| Acquired: | February 1973 |
| Reclassified: | G15 |
| Reclassified: | P114, 1993 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2007[update] |
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| Class and type: | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length: | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
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USS Chief (AM-315) 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, and named after the word "chief," the head or leader of a group.
Originally intended for Great Britain, HMS Alice (BAM-2) was launched 5 January 1943 by General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, California; renamed and reclassified USS Chief (AM-315), 23 January 1943; and commissioned 9 October 1943, Lieutenant Commander J. M. Wyckoff, USNR, in command.
Departing San Diego, California, 7 December 1943, Chief joined in exercises in Hawaiian waters until 22 January 1944 when she sailed for Kwajalein. She swept the harbor and joined the antisubmarine patrol until 14 February, when she returned to Pearl Harbor for repairs. Except for a convoy escort voyage to Eniwetok (21 March-15 April), she remained at Pearl Harbor until 29 May.
Joining Task Force TF 52 at Eniwetok, Chief sortied 12 June 1944 for the Marianas operation. Between 15 June and 7 August, she cleared mines for the invasions of Saipan and Tinian, and gave fire support to troops ashore, then had local duty at Saipan. Departing 9 September she escorted cargo ship De Grasse (AP-164) to Pearl Harbor, then continued to San Francisco, California for overhaul.
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