USS Rebel ( AM - 284 ) USS " Rebel " ( AM - 284 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was awarded four battle star s for service in the Pacific during World War II . She was decommissioned in June 1946 and placed in reserve . While she remained in reserve , " Rebel " was reclassified as MSF - 284 in February 1955 but never reactivated . In October 1962 , she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM " DM - 14 " . In 1994 she was renamed ARM " Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca " ( C57 ) . She was stricken in July 2001 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . U . S . Navy career . " Rebel " was laid down by the General Engineering & Dry Dock Co . , Alameda , California , 10 May 1943 launched 28 October 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . C . E . Guiness and commissioned 12 September 1944 , Lt . Comdr . E . S . Weymouth in command . Following shakedown in off the California coast , " Rebel " steamed for Pearl Harbor 9 November 1944 , arriving 9 days later . On 16 December she began to escort Hawaii - Eniwetok convoys then proceeded via Tinian , to Iwo Jima where she conducted pre - invasion minesweeping and antisubmarine screening operations despite shore battery fire and plane attacks 16 – 28 February 1945 . " Rebel " then returned to the Marianas , whence she sailed for Ulithi to stage for Operation Iceberg , the invasion of Okinawa . On 25 March she arrived off Kerama Retto . She swept the approaches to that anchorage and to the Hagushi beaches until 1 April . Resuming minesweeping operations after the landings on Okinawa she shot down three Japanese planes on the 6th and on the same day rescued 34 crewmen from and , both damaged by kamikazes . Steaming to Ulithi 17 April , " Rebel " returned to Okinawa 16 May and , for the remainder of the war operated in the Ryukyus and the East China Sea . At the end of July she participated in the Operation Juneau pre - invasion sweeps in the East China Sea , sweeping a total of 16 mines . During the Operation Skagway , sweeping operation in August , she swept 12 mines . On 6 September 1945 " Rebel " rendezvoused with other ships of the Pacific Fleet 200 miles off Honshū arrived at Tsugaru Strait between Honshū and Hokkaidō the next day and commenced sweeping a channel into Mutsu Bay , Honshū ahead of the occupation fleet . She anchored at Ominato Naval Base on the 8th . From 16 September to 8 October , " Rebel " with 11 other AM - class minesweepers , cleared the entrances to Tsugaro Strait and swept off southern Hokkaidō and northern Honshū , with " Rebel " sweeping 21 mines . She then proceeded to Sasebo , Hiro Wan , and Kochi Eria , Honshū , for further sweeping operations . On 20 November she departed Hiro Wan for the United States . Arriving at San Diego , California , 18 December she continued on transited the Panama Canal 29 December , and arrived at New Orleans , Louisiana , 4 January 1946 to prepare for inactivation . Shifting to Orange , Texas ; 11 April 1946 , " Rebel " decommissioned 12 June 1946 , and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Re - designated MSF - 284 on 7 February 1955 , " Rebel " was shifted to the Green Cove Springs , Florida , berthing area in June 1958 and returned to Orange in 1962 . Her name was struck from the Navy list 1 May 1962 , and in October 1962 she was sold to Mexico . " Rebel " earned four battle stars for World War II service . Mexican Navy career . The former " Rebel " was acquired by the Mexican Navy in October 1962 and renamed ARM " DM - 14 " . In 1994 , she was renamed ARM " Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca " ( C57 ) after Fernando Montes de Oca . She was stricken on 16 July 2001 , but her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s .