USS Champion (AM-314)
ARM Mariano Escobedo (left) in Manzanillo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | HMS Akbar (BAM-1) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 6 July 1942 |
| Launched | 12 December 1942 |
| Commissioned | 8 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 30 January 1947 |
| Renamed | USS Champion (AM-314), 23 January 1943 |
| Reclassified | MSF-314, 7 February 1955 |
| Honours & awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Mexico, 19 September 1972 |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Mariano Escobedo (C72) |
| Namesake | Mariano Escobedo |
| Acquired | 19 September 1972 |
| Reclassified |
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| Status | in active service, as of 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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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The third USS Champion (BAM-1/AM-314/MSF-314) was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
The ship was the first of 32 vessels of the Auk class ordered for transfer to Great Britain under Lend-Lease, and designated British Minesweeper HMS Akbar (BAM-1). Twelve of these ships were retained for service in the U.S. Navy.
Launched on 12 December 1942 by General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California; redesignated USS Champion (AM-314) on 23 January 1943, and commissioned on 8 September 1943.