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{{short description|Minesweeper of the United States Navy}}
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| Ship image = USS Execute AM-232.jpg
| Ship caption = ''Execute'' at Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, WA on November 10, 1944.
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{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1946}}
| Ship name = USS ''PCE-905''
| Ship builder = [[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]], [[Seattle]]
| Ship laid down = 29 March 1944
| Ship renamed = USS ''Execute'' (AM-232)
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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| Ship launched = 22 June 1944
| Ship sponsor = Mrs. R. J. Huff
| Ship commissioned = 15 November 1944
| Ship decommissioned = 6 August 1946
| Ship reclassified = MSF-232, 7 February 1955
| Ship struck = 1 May 1962
| Ship fate = Transferred to [[Mexican Navy]], 1962
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship country = Mexico
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
| Ship name = ARM ''DM-03''
| Ship acquired = 1962
| Ship commissioned = 
| Ship renamed = ARM ''General Juan N. Méndez'' (C51), 1994<ref name=Wertheim>{{cite book | editor-last = Wertheim | editor-first = Eric | edition = 15th | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | chapter = Mexico | location = [[Annapolis, Maryland]] | publisher = [[Naval Institute Press]] | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-1-59114-955-2 | oclc = 140283156 | page = 472 }}</ref>
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| Ship namesake = [[Juan N. Méndez]]
| Ship decommissioned = 
| Ship struck = 16 July 2001<ref name=Wertheim />
| Ship fate = unknown
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship class = {{sclass|PCE-905|patrol craft|1}}
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Admirable|minesweeper|1}}, by June 1944
| Ship displacement = {{convert|650|LT|t}}
| Ship length = {{convert|184|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|9|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *2 × ALCO 539 [[diesel engine]]s, {{convert|1710|shp|abbr=on|lk=on}}
*[[Farrel-Birmingham]] [[Gear|single reduction gear]]
*2 shafts
| Ship speed = {{convert|15|knots|km/h}}
| Ship complement = 104
| Ship armament = *1 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|3"/50 caliber (76 mm)]] [[dual purpose gun|DP gun]]
*2 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] guns
*1 × [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] anti-submarine mortar
*2 × [[Depth charge]] tracks
}}
{{Infobox service record
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|partof=*[[United States Pacific Fleet|U.S. Pacific Fleet]] (1944–1946)
*[[Mexican Navy]] (1962–2001)
|operations=[[Battle of Okinawa]]
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'''USS ''Execute'' (AM-232)''' was an {{sclass|Admirable|minesweeper}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was originally ordered and [[laid down]] as '''USS ''PCE-905''''', the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|PCE-905|patrol craft|4}} of [[patrol craft]]. She was reclassified as an ''Admirable''-class minesweeper by the time of her June 1944 [[launch (ship)|launch]], and named ''Execute'' by the time of her November 1944 [[commissioning (ship)|commissioning]]. After service in the Pacific during World War II, she was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, ''Execute'' was reclassified as '''MSF-232''' in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1962, she was sold to the [[Mexican Navy]] and renamed '''ARM ''DM-03'''''. In 1994, she was renamed '''ARM ''General Juan N. Méndez'' (C51)'''. She was stricken in July 2001, but her ultimate fate is not reported in [[secondary source]]s.

== U.S. Navy career ==
Originally ordered as ''PCE-905'', the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|PCE-905|patrol craft|4}} of [[patrol craft]], the ship was [[laid down]] at the [[Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company]] of [[Seattle]]. She was reclassified as an {{sclass|Admirable|minesweeper}} and assigned the [[hull code]] of AM-232 by the time of her 22 June 1944, [[launch (ship)|launch]] by sponsor Mrs. R. J. Huff. By the time of her 15 November 1944, [[commissioning (ship)|commissioning]], she had been assigned the name ''Execute''.

Following [[shakedown cruise]] she departed for [[Pearl Harbor]] whence she escorted a [[convoy]] to [[Leyte Island|Leyte]] via [[Eniwetok]], [[Ulithi]] and [[Kossol Roads]] during February 1945. On 26 March, as part of the preliminary assault force for the invasion of the [[Ryukyus]], she screened [[landing craft]] against countless air attacks

Early in April she served with the Sweep Unit in clearing the bays of [[Nakagusuku, Okinawa|Nakagusuku]] and [[Chimu]] and defended vessels against [[kamikaze]] attack. She participated in the [[Battle of Okinawa]]. During this battle she picked up 70 survivors of the {{USS|Mullany|DD-528}} after it had been hit by a Japanese plane. She remained on sweeping duty, participating in a feint landing on 20 April to draw attention from a large-scale advance on [[Naha]]. From June through 10 September she swept in the [[Yellow Sea]] and in [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] coastal waters.

In March 1946, ''Execute'' transited the [[Panama Canal]] and on 6 August 1946, was placed out of commission in reserve at [[Orange, Texas]]. While she remained in reserve, ''Execute'' was reclassified (MSF-232) on 7 February 1955. She was stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 1 May 1962, and sold to Mexico later in the year.

== Mexican Navy career ==
The former ''Execute'' was acquired by the [[Mexican Navy]] in 1962 and renamed ARM ''DM-03''. In 1994, she was renamed ARM ''General Juan N. Méndez'' (C51) after [[Juan N. Méndez]]. She was stricken on 16 July 2001,<ref name=Wertheim /> but her ultimate fate is not reported in [[secondary source]]s.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e6/execute.htm}}
* Robert G. Greaves 6 August 2006 formerly [[Electronics Technician|ET]] 2/C of the [[USNR]] and [[plank owner]] of the ship.

==External links==
* {{navsource|11/02232}}

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