USS Don O. Woods
USS Don O. Woods | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Don O. Woods |
| Namesake | Don O. Woods |
| Awarded | 13 June 1943 |
| Builder | Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh |
| Laid down | 1 December 1943 |
| Launched | 9 February 1944 |
| Reclassified | APD-118, before commissioning |
| Acquired | 26 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 18 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1963 |
| Identification | DE-721 |
| Fate | transferred to Mexican Navy, 12 December 1963 |
| History | |
| Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Usumacinta (B06) |
| Namesake | Usumacinta River |
| Acquired | 12 December 1963 |
| Renamed | ARM Miguel Hidalgo (B-06), 1994 |
| Namesake | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla |
| Renamed | ARM Usumacinta (E-20) |
| Stricken | 16 July 2001 |
| Fate | Scrapped 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered |
| Class & type | Crosley-class high speed transport, as completed |
| Displacement | 1,450 tons |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Speed | 24 knots |
| Complement | 256 |
| Armament | 1 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 guns |
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USS Don O. Woods (APD-118) was a Crosley-class high-speed transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. In 1963, she was transferred to Mexico, where she served as ARM Usumacinta/Miguel Hidalgo (B-06) until 2001.