USS ''Roselle'' (AM-379) was an acquired by the

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for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. She was the second United States Navy

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to be so named. ''Roselle'' was laid down 24 February 1944, by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 29 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Louis E. Griffith; and commissioned 6 February 1945.

Pacific Ocean operations

Following shakedown at Little Creek, Virginia, she replaced as training vessel there on 24 April 1945. Completing six months of minesweeper training operations in the

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, she transited the

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and joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet on 23 October 1945. After three-week periods at

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, and at

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, she proceeded to

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, via

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and

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, arriving at Sasebo on 14 January 1946. She operated in Japanese waters on minesweeping operations through April, then returned to the

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via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, arriving

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20 May to report to the 19th Fleet for inactivation.

Decommissioning

''Roselle'' was placed out of commission in reserve in San Diego on 20 June 1946. Reclassified MSF-379 on 7 February 1955, she remained out of commission in reserve at San Diego until February 1973 when she was sold to the government of

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. Initially named ARM ''Melchor Ocampo'' (G10), she was later renamed ARM ''Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora'' (P109). , ''Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora'' was in active service with the

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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-379 USS Roselle

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roselle (AM-379) Auk-class minesweepers of the United States Navy Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama 1944 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Valle-class patrol vessels Patrol vessels of Mexico