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Initially named PCE-906 and classed as a PCE-905-class patrol craft, the ship was laid down on 29 March 1944 at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle. Renamed Facility and converted to an Admirable-class minesweeper, she was launched by sponsor Miss Clara Lee Davis on 22 June 1944. After completion, she was commissioned on 29 November 1944, with Lieutenant C. R. Jennette, USNR, in command. Late in September she swept the Bungo Suido and other areas of the Inland Sea. The rest of the year was occupied in overhaul at Hiro Wan and in sweeping the Van Dieman Straits.

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  • USS Facility (AM-233)
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  • Initially named PCE-906 and classed as a PCE-905-class patrol craft, the ship was laid down on 29 March 1944 at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle. Renamed Facility and converted to an Admirable-class minesweeper, she was launched by sponsor Miss Clara Lee Davis on 22 June 1944. After completion, she was commissioned on 29 November 1944, with Lieutenant C. R. Jennette, USNR, in command. Late in September she swept the Bungo Suido and other areas of the Inland Sea. The rest of the year was occupied in overhaul at Hiro Wan and in sweeping the Van Dieman Straits.
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  • Initially named PCE-906 and classed as a PCE-905-class patrol craft, the ship was laid down on 29 March 1944 at the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle. Renamed Facility and converted to an Admirable-class minesweeper, she was launched by sponsor Miss Clara Lee Davis on 22 June 1944. After completion, she was commissioned on 29 November 1944, with Lieutenant C. R. Jennette, USNR, in command. Facility underwent shakedown training and proceeded to San Pedro, California, and thence to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 17 February. After escorting the minelayer USS Weehawken (CM-12) to Eniwetok early in March, Facility began sweeping under the command of Task Group TG 52.5 preliminary to the assault landings on Okinawa on 1 April. She continued to support the operation until damaged by a near miss during a heavy suicide attack and was forced to put into Ulithi on 22 April for repairs. She resumed sweeping operations, and, after replenishing supplies in Buckner Bay, joined Task Group TG 52.4 to participate with TG 52.3 in clearing the approaches to Nagasaki, Japan. Late in September she swept the Bungo Suido and other areas of the Inland Sea. The rest of the year was occupied in overhaul at Hiro Wan and in sweeping the Van Dieman Straits. In the first two months of 1946 Facility journeyed from Sasebo to Saipan, Eniwetok, and Pearl Harbor before making her first return to the States. She underwent overhaul at San Pedro, California, transited the Panama Canal on 22 March, and on to Galveston, Texas. While she remained in reserve at Galveston, she was reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-233 on 7 February 1955. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 May 1962 and sold to Mexico on 2 October. USS Facility received three battle stars for World War II service.
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