USS ''Crag'' (AM-214) was an built for the

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during

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. She was originally ordered,

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, and launched as USS ''Craig'' (AM-214), but was renamed ''Crag'' in August 1944. She was awarded one

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for service in the Pacific sweeping mines after the end of World War II. She was decommissioned in March 1948 and placed in reserve. While she remained in reserve, ''Crag'' was reclassified as MSF-214 in February 1955 but never reactivated. In 1962, she was sold to the

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and renamed ARM ''DM-15''. Her ultimate fate is not reported in

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U.S. Navy career

Initially named ''Craig'', the ship was launched on 21 March 1943 by sponsor Mrs. Q. Abercrombie-St. John at

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Co., Inc., of

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. The spelling of the ship's name was changed to ''Crag'' on 3 August 1944. She was completed at the

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and commissioned on 1 August 1945. ''Crag'' served with the Naval Mine Warfare Test Station,

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, until 17 December 1945 when she sailed upriver to

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, for leave and upkeep. On 4 January 1946 she sailed for the west coast arriving at

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, 3 February. She remained there until 21 March when she sailed to

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, calling at

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, and

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on her outward bound passage. She swept mines in the East Hainan Straits until 16 June when she cleared Hong Kong, returning to

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, 14 August. Reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet, ''Crag'' sailed from

, 4 October 1946 and arrived at

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, 3 November for overhaul. From 9 February 1947 to 26 May she served at the U.S. Navy Mine Countermeasures Station at

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, and after overhaul, joined in exercises in

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from 13 October to 28 November. On 2 December she sailed from Charleston and visited

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, from 8 December to 20 December before reporting to

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, 22 December. There ''Crag'' was placed out of commission in reserve 19 March 1948. She was sold to Mexico in 1962. ''Crag'' received one

for her post-World War II minesweeping. In 1962, ''Crag'' was sold to Mexico.

Mexican Navy career

The former ''Crag'' was acquired by the

in October 1962 and renamed ARM ''DM-15''. Her ultimate fate is not reported in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crag (AM-214) Admirable-class minesweepers Ships built in Tampa, Florida 1943 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Admirable-class minesweepers of the Mexican Navy