USS Ransom ( AM - 283 ) USS " Ransom " ( AM - 283 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was awarded three battle star s for service in the Pacific during World War II . She was decommissioned in March 1947 and placed in reserve . Although she did not see service in the war zone , " Ransom " was recommissioned in March 1951 during the Korean War and remained in commission until September 1953 , when she was placed in reserve again . While she remained in reserve , " Ransom " was reclassified as MSF - 283 in February 1955 but never reactivated . In 1962 she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM " DM - 12 " . In 1994 she was renamed ARM " Teniente Juan de la Barrera " ( C55 ) . She was stricken in 2000 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . U . S . Navy career . " Ransom " was laid down 24 April 1943 by General Engineering & Dry Dock Co . , San Francisco , California ; launched 18 September 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Dwight H . Dexter and commissioned 5 August 1944 , Lt . Comdr . William N . McMillen , USNR , in command . After shakedown off the California coast , " Ransom " got underway for Hawaii 15 October and arrived at Pearl Harbor a week later for escort duty back to the west coast and later to Eniwetok , Ulithi , and Kossol Roads , arriving at the latter 12 January 1945 . She then worked in the antisubmarine patrol screen off Peleliu . From 1 to 18 February , " Ransom " acted as harbor entrance station vessel at Kossol , and patrolled in screens between Kossol and Peleliu , before proceeding to Ulithi to stage for Operation Iceberg . On 19 March she sailed for the Ryukyus with task unit TU 52 . 5 . 3 and , from 25 March to 18 April , she swept and patrolled in assigned areas around Okinawa despite heavy Japanese coastal and aerial resistance . On 6 April , " Ransom " shot down three suicide aircraft while rescuing 52 survivors of and . The third kamikaze ' s bomb caused some minor damage to " Ransom " . Relieved of sweeping duties 18 April , " Ransom " was assigned to antiaircraft and antisubmarine patrol . Although damaged on the 22nd by a bomb from a " Val " she had splashed 10 feet off her port quarter , " Ransom " continued to patrol through June . On 4 July " Ransom " resumed minesweeping operations . Throughout the month she operated in the East China Sea , sweeping a total of seven mines , then , on 6 August , she retired to Leyte for overhaul and repair . Returning to Okinawa at the end of the month , she continued on to Japan with task group TG 52 . 4 , and on 9 September began sweeping mines at Nagasaki . On 21 September , she shifted to Bungo Suido , where she swept until the end of September . During the month " Ransom " swept 73 enemy mines . " Ransom " departed Kure , Japan , for the United States 20 November . Transiting the Panama Canal 30 December 1945 , she continued on to New Orleans , Louisiana ; underwent pre - inactivation overhaul ; and decommissioned at Orange , Texas , 3 March 1947 . Berthed at Orange for the next four years , " Ransom " recommissioned 16 March 1951 . Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet , she operated out of Charleston , South Carolina , Norfolk , Virginia , and Yorktown , Virginia , through 1952 . She then operated from New England to the Caribbean until decommissioned at Charleston in June 1953 . She arrived at Orange , Texas , 22 September and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . " Ransom " was reclassified MSF - 283 on 7 February 1955 , and moved to Florida in November 1958 where she remained until struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 May 1962 . She was sold to Mexico in 1962 . " Ransom " earned three battle stars for World War II service . Mexican Navy career . The former " Ransom " was acquired by the Mexican Navy in 1962 and renamed ARM " DM - 12 " . In 1994 , she was renamed ARM " Teniente Juan de la Barrera " ( C55 ) after Juan de la Barrera . She was stricken in 2000 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s .