AM 256 Knave seen as Mexican Navy ARM Cadete Juan Escutia
Specifications:
Displacement 945 t.(fl)
Length 184' 6".
Beam 33'.
Draft 9' 9".
Speed 14.8 kts.
Complement 104.
Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks.
Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
Knave (AM-256) was launched 13 March 1943, by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; sponsored by Mrs. Geraldine Donohue; and commissioned 14 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. A. M. White in command.
Knave sailed for the
Transferred to Mexican Navy, 2 October 1962. renamed Cadete Juan Escutia.
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