U.S. Navy career
Initially named
PCE-906 and classed as a , 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 , she was
launched by sponsor Miss Clara Lee Davis on 22 June 1944. After completion, she was commissioned on 29 November 1944.
Facility underwent
shakedown training and proceeded to
San Pedro, Los Angeles, and thence to
Pearl Harbor, arriving on 17 February. After escorting the minelayer 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, Los Angeles, 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. == Mexican Navy career ==