USS Defense

History
United States
Name	HMS Amity (BAM-4)
Builder	General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down	2 October 1942
Launched	18 February 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. Duncanfield
Commissioned	10 January 1944
Recommissioned	16 February 1952 at Long Beach, California
Decommissioned	31 May 1946; 15 April 1955;
Renamed	USS Defense (AM-317), 23 January 1943
Reclassified	MSF-317, 7 February 1955
Stricken	c. 1972
Homeport	Long Beach, California
Honors and; awards	2 battle stars (World War II); 2 battle stars (Korean War);
Fate	Sold to Mexico, 3 January 1973
Mexico
Name	ARM Manuel Doblado (C73)
Namesake	Manuel Doblado
Acquired	3 January 1973
Reclassified	G05; P104, 1993;
Fate	in active service, as of 2007
General characteristics
Class and type	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement	890 long tons (904 t)
Length	221 ft 2 in (67.41 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Propulsion	2 × 2,976 shp (2,219 kW) Baldwin VO8 diesel electric drive engines; Westinghouse single reduction gear; 2 shafts;
Speed	18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph)
Complement	105 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun; 2 × twin 40 mm guns; 2 × single 20 mm guns; 2 × Depth charge tracks; 5 × depth charge projectors;

USS Defense (AM-317) 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.

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