USS Success ( AM - 310 ) USS " Success " ( AM - 310 ) 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 July 1946 and placed in reserve . While she remained in reserve , " Success " was reclassified as MSF - 310 in February 1955 but never reactivated . In October 1962 , she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM " DM - 08 " . Although she is reported out of service , her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . U . S . Navy career . " Success " was laid down on 18 February 1944 by Associated Shipbuilders , Seattle , Washington ; launched on 11 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . J . L . McLean ; and commissioned on 18 October 1944 , Lt . R . N . Hall , USNR , in command . " Success " completed fitting out at Seattle , Washington , and sailed for San Pedro , California , on 8 November where she held her shakedown cruise in the harbor of Los Angeles , California . On 11 December , the minesweeper got underway for Hawaii and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 19 December 1944 . She sortied with Task Group ( TG ) 51 , LST Flotilla One , in the screen of Tractor Group Able for Ulithi on 22 January 1945 . The group remained there from 3 to 5 February and then steamed to the Mariana Islands where final staging was begun for the invasion of Iwo Jima . " Success " was detached from the screen to join Mine Division ( MinDiv ) 36 which sailed for Iwo Jima on the 13th . The division arrived off the island three days before the assault was to begin and started sweeping mines . " Success " operated as a minesweeper and performed antisubmarine patrols there from 16 to 25 February when she departed for Saipan . She sailed from there on 7 March and arrived at Ulithi the next day . MinDiv 36 , and " Success " stood out of Ulithi on 19 March , for the Ryukyu Islands . On the 25th , they began sweeping mines in the Kerama Retto area in preparation for the U . S . Army landings there the next day . " Success " then began clearing the Okinawa area for the impending assault upon that Japanese stronghold . After the landings there on 1 April , the minesweeper also performed antiaircraft and antisubmarine patrols . Five days later , the Japanese launched their heaviest attack by suicide planes against American ships at Okinawa . was crashed by a suicide plane and " Success " picked up 78 survivors . On 15 April , she splashed a " Tony " during an air raid . The ship and her division departed the operating area on 5 May for Ulithi and arrived on the 9th . The minesweeper was assigned to the screen of a resupply convoy bound for Okinawa which arrived there on 27 May . " Success " patrolled off Okinawa until 12 June . From the 13th to the 20th , she swept mines in the East China Sea . After a brief logistics period at Kerama Retto , she swept mines between Formosa and the coast of China from 4 to 15 July . From the 22nd to the 30th , she again swept the East China Sea . On 13 August , she and departed Okinawa to sweep an area near Kyūshū , from the 14th to the 24th before returning to port . She sailed on 30 August for the southwest coast of Korea and swept mines there until 7 September . Two days later she was assigned to the U . S . 5th Fleet and swept the approaches to Sasebo , Japan , which became her base of operations . She cleared mines around the islands there , and then swept known minefields from Kyūshū to Korea until early December . " Success " returned to Sasebo on 5 December and waited for further orders . She was notified that she would return to the United States , via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor . The sweeper sailed on 10 December 1945 and arrived at San Diego , California , on 12 January 1946 . She was routed from there to the East Coast and arrived at Galveston , Texas , on 3 February for pre - inactivation availability . " Success " moved to Orange , Texas , where she was decommissioned on 9 July 1946 . " Success " received four battle star s for World War II . While she remained in reserve , " Success " s designation was changed to MSF - 310 on 7 February 1955 . " Success " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 May 1962 and sold to Mexico in 1963 . Mexican Navy career . The former " Success " was acquired by the Mexican Navy in 1963 and renamed ARM " DM - 08 " . Although she is reported out of service , her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s .