USS Rednour ( APD - 102 ) USS " Rednour " ( APD - 102 ) , ex - DE - 592 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " Rednour " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " Rednour " ( DE - 592 ) on 30 December 1943 by Bethlehem - Hingham Shipyard , Inc . , at Hingham , Massachusetts , and was launched on 12 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Forrest O . Rednour , the widow of the ships namesake , Ship ' s Cook Second Class Forrest O . Rednour , USCG . The ship was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 102 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , she was commissioned on 30 December 1944 with Lieutenant Commander Roland H . Cramer in command . Service history . World War II . After shakedown in Bermudan waters , " Rednour " arrived in Norfolk , Virginia , on 7 February 1945 . She then underwent amphibious training in the Chesapeake Bay and coastal training operations , after which she departed Melville , Rhode Island , on 24 February 1945 , bound for World War II service in the Pacific . Arriving at San Diego , California , on 11 March 1945 , " rednour " engaged in a week of coastal training exercises before standing in to Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 25 March 1945 . There she assisted in the training of underwater demolition team s through 8 April 1945 , when she steamed as an escort for several cargo ship s en route Ulithi Atoll via the Marshall Islands . " Rednour " departed Ulithi Atoll on 23 April 1945 , overtaking a convoy which arrived off the Hagushi beaches of Okinawa on 26 April 1945 . She supported the Okinawa campaign , patrolling off Kerama Retto through the following month and assisted in the screening of inward - and outward - bound convoys . She also assisted in repelling almost constant air raids . On the night of 27 May 1945 , " Rednour " assumed an antiaircraft patrol station 14 nautical miles ( 26 kilometers ) west of Zampa - Misaki ( Point Bolo ) , Okinawa , in company with high - speed transport USS " Loy " ( APD - 56 ) and destroyer escort USS " Eisele " ( DE - 34 ) . Shortly before midnight , the first of several " kamikaze " suicide planes which attacked " Loy " was exploded in midair by antiaircraft fire , but a second aircraft crashed " Loy " . A third aircraft evaded the gunfire , but a fourth closed rapidly on " Rednour " s starboard bow . Despite the withering curtain of fire thrown up by her gunners , the plane crashed " Rednour " s stern , starting fires and blowing a 10 - foot ( 3 - meter ) hole in her main deck . Three men were killed and 13 wounded . After driving off yet another suicide plane , " Rednour " entered Kerama roadstead for temporary battle damage repairs . Departing Okinawa on 14 June 1945 , " Rednour " steamed for California , stopping en route at both Leyte in the Philippine Islands and Pearl Harbor . Arriving at San Pedro , California , on 22 July 1945 , she underwent a general overhaul . World War II came to end with the surrender of Japan on 15 August 1945 while " Rednour " was in California . Postwar . Her overhaul complete , " Rednour " got underway for service in the Marshall - Gilbert Islands Command with Transport Division 104 . Steaming via Pearl Harbor and Saipan , she arrived at Eniwetok on 15 September 1945 . During the following months she carried passengers , vehicles , provisions , and other cargo between Eniwetok , Wake Island , Ponape , and Kwajalein . From 29 October 1945 through 5 November 1945 , she served as headquarters ship for a hydrographic survey party from the survey ship USS " Hydrographer " ( AGS - 2 ) in the area of Taongi Atoll . " Rednour " s inter - island transport service ended on 5 January 1946 when she departed Kwajalein with the staff and records of the Marshall - Gilberts Command , bound for Guam . Debarking her passengers and records at Apra Harbor , Guam , on 9 January 1946 , she set course for the United States via Kwajalein and Pearl Harbor , arriving at San Pedro on 2 February 1946 . Departing San Pedro on 20 February 1946 , " Rednour " transited the Panama Canal and arrived at Norfolk , Virginia , on 8 March 1946 to prepare for inactivation . She departed Norfolk on 31 March 1946 bound for Green Cove Springs , Florida . Decommissioning and disposal . " Rednour " decommissioned at Green Cove Springs on 24 July 1946 , and was assigned to the Florida Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet there . She later was towed to Orange , Texas , to become part of the Texas Group of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet , and while there was stricken from the Navy List on 1 March 1967 . Mexican Navy service . " Rednour " was transferred to Mexico in December 1969 . She served in the Mexican Navy as ARM " Chihuahua " ( B06 ) and was renamed ARM " José María Morelos y Pavón " in 1994 . Her name was later restored to " Chihuahua " with the new pennant number of " E20 " . " Chihuahua " was stricken from the Mexican Navy on 16 July 2001 . Honors and awards . " Rednour " received one battle star for her World War II service .