USS Hilarity (AM-241)

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History
United States
Name	USS Hilarity (AM-241)
Builder	Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company, Seattle
Laid down	20 March 1944
Launched	30 July 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. L. H. Hirschy
Commissioned	27 November 1944
Decommissioned	26 August 1946
Reclassified	MSF-241, 7 February 1955
Fate	Sold to Mexican Navy, 30 August 1962
Stricken	2 October 1962
History
Mexico
Name	ARM DM-02
Acquired	30 August 1962
Stricken	1986[1]
Fate	Scrapped, 1 August 1988
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 long tons (660 t)
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1,280 kW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	U.S. Pacific Fleet (1944–1946) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946–1962) Mexican Navy (1962–1986)
Operations:	Battle of Okinawa
Awards:	2 Battle stars

USS Hilarity (AM-241) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was awarded two battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in 1946 and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. While she remained in reserve, Hilarity was reclassified as MSF-241 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In October 1962, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-02. She was stricken in 1986 and scrapped in August 1988.