USS Hurst ( DE - 250 ) The second USS Hurst ( DE - 250 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was laid down in January 1943 and launched in August the same year by the widow of namesake Edwin William Hurst , who had been awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses earlier in the war . The ship served in both the Atlantic and the Pacific and was decommissioned in May 1946 and placed in reserve for the next 27 years . In October 1973 , the former " Hurst " was acquired by the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM " Comodoro Manuel Azueta " ( A06 ) but was renamed ARM " Comodoro Manuel Azueta Perillos " in 1994 . When she reverted to her original Mexican name in 2001 , she was assigned pennant number " D111 " and reclassified as destroyer . , " Comodoro Manuel Azueta " remained in active service as a training vessel for Mexico ' s Gulf Fleet . U . S . Navy career . " Hurst " was launched by Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Houston , Texas , 14 April 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Jeanette Harris Hurst , widow of the ship ' s namesake ; and commissioned 30 August 1943 , Lt . Comdr . B . H . Brallier commanding . " Hurst " departed Houston 3 September and after a short period of outfitting at Galveston , Texas , sailed 12 September for shakedown training off Bermuda . After returning briefly to Charleston , South Carolina , in November and screening a convoy to the Caribbean , Hurst arrived Norfolk , Virginia , 29 November 1943 to join Escort Division 20 . Assigned to protect ocean commerce from submarines , " Hurst " departed Norfolk with her first convoy 14 December 1943 , stopped at Casablanca , and returned to New York 24 January 1944 . She then conducted gunnery and antisubmarine warfare exercises in Casco Bay , Maine , before sailing with another convoy from New York 23 February . Enemy action was not the only hazard on such voyages as two days out of New York merchant vessels and collided and sank during a heavy gale , the survivors being taken on board one of the escort ships . " Hurst " reached Lisahally , Northern Ireland , 5 March 1944 , and one week later returned to New York with another convoy . " Hurst " made no less than 10 more escort voyages from Boston , Massachusetts , or New York to ports in the United Kingdom before returning to New York on 11 June 1945 . After her final Atlantic voyage , the destroyer escort sailed with her division for training in Chesapeake Bay and at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . Reassigned to the Pacific Fleet for these last months of the war , she transited the Panama Canal and sailed for Pearl Harbor via San Diego , California , arriving at the Hawaiian port on 26 July 1945 . There the ship took part in exercises with submarines and departed 27 August for the Samoan Islands on 27 August . Arriving Pago Pago 25 September , " Hurst " spent the next weeks steaming among the small outlying islands of the Samoan , Fiji , and Society and other island groups , sending parties ashore to search for missing personnel and to investigate possible remaining enemy units . Completing this duty she departed Pago Pago 3 November 1945 and sailed for San Diego via Pearl Harbor . She arrived at San Diego on 23 November and sailed two days later for New York via the Panama Canal . " Hurst " entered New York harbor 10 December 1945 , sailed to Green Cove Springs , Florida , and was decommissioned there on 1 May 1946 . She then entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs . In January 1947 " Hurst " was transferred to Orange , Texas . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 December 1972 . On 1 October 1973 , " Hurst " was transferred to the Mexican Navy . Mexican Navy career . The former " Hurst " was acquired by the Mexican Navy on 1 October 1973 and renamed ARM " Commodore Manuel Azueta " ( A06 ) after Manuel Azueta , who was Commodore of the Naval Academy during the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz . In 1994 , the ship was renamed ARM " Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos " ( E30 ) . At this same time , her armament was modernized with Oto Melara 76 mm compact guns replacing a pair of the original U . S . Navy Mark 26 guns . In addition , the superfiring 3 - inch gun forward was replaced with a quadruple 40 mm AA mount . By 1998 , however , the original armament had been restored . In 2001 , the ship reverted to her original Mexican Navy name of " Commodore Manuel Azueta " , was reclassed as a destroyer , and assigned the new pennant number of " D111 " . Used primarily as a training vessel for Mexico ' s Gulf Fleet , " Commodore Manuel Azueta " remained in active service . In her current configuration , all anti - submarine equipment and all of the original U . S . Navy radar - controlled gun director s have been removed .