Allied Warships

USS Hilarity (AM 241)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 241 
Built byWinslow Marine Railways & Ship Building Corp. (Winslow, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Aug 1943 
Laid down20 Mar 1944 
Launched30 Jul 1944 
Commissioned27 Nov 1944 
End service26 Aug 1946 
History

Decommissioned 26 August 1946 at Orange Texas
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
Transferred to Mexico 2 October 1962 and renamed DM-02 (D 2)
Removed from Mexican service and scrapped 1 August 1988.

 

Commands listed for USS Hilarity (AM 241)

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1Joseph Bruce McEvoy, USNR27 Nov 19447 Nov 1945

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